Full-day nursery in St Ives, Cornwall
The Barn Day Nursery
St. Ives School, Higher Tregenna Road, St. Ives, TR26 2BB · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
St. Ives School, Higher Tregenna Road, St. Ives, TR26 2BB · More nurseries in TR26
Stations
- St Ives (Cornwall)13 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Carbis Bay20 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
1 bus stop within 400 m, including St Ives School.
Parks and playgrounds
- Menhyr Park8 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 Cornwall there are about 3.4 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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The Barn Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at St. Ives School, Higher Tregenna Road, St. Ives, TR26 2BB, in St Ives, Cornwall. It is registered for 48 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026). It is run by The Barn Neighbourhood Nursery Partnership.
Run by The Barn Neighbourhood Nursery Partnership (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Ives Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2024 0.5 miles
- St Ives Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected November 2023 0.6 miles
- St Uny CofE Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2022 1.0 miles
- St Ives School Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 under 0.1 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is The Barn Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Barn Day Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 9 March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Barn Day Nursery take?
The Barn Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 48 children at any one time.
Who runs The Barn Day Nursery?
The Barn Day Nursery is run by The Barn Neighbourhood Nursery Partnership, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to The Barn Day Nursery?
St Ives (Cornwall) is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact The Barn Day Nursery?
You can call 01736 793150.
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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 EY273184 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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