Full-day nursery in Heybridge, Essex
Step Start Nurseries Heybridge
The Club House, Bentalls Complex, Colchester Road, Heybridge, Maldon, CM9 4NW · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Club House, Bentalls Complex, Colchester Road, Heybridge, Maldon, CM9 4NW · More nurseries in CM9
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including Bentalls Shopping Centre, Church and The Benbridge Hotel.
Parks and playgrounds
- Drapers Farm11 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Essex there are about 2.9 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Step Start Nurseries Heybridge is a full-day nursery at The Club House, Bentalls Complex, Colchester Road, Heybridge, Maldon, CM9 4NW, in Heybridge, Essex. It is registered for 80 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.0 from 2 reviews (November 2026).
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| Step Start Nurseries HeybridgeThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy ages 5–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.1 miles
- Heybridge Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.4 miles
- Maldon Court Preparatory School ages 1–11has a nursery class 0.8 miles
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.9 miles
- Maldon Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2023 1.0 miles
- All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2022 1.1 miles
- Wentworth Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 1.5 miles
- Plume School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 1.0 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Step Start Nurseries Heybridge's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Step Start Nurseries Heybridge Good at its inspection on 26 January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Step Start Nurseries Heybridge take?
Step Start Nurseries Heybridge is registered with Ofsted for up to 80 children at any one time.
How do I contact Step Start Nurseries Heybridge?
You can call 01621 488001 and visit www.stepstart.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2660131 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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