Full-day nursery in Southmead, Bristol
The Bluebell Nursery
The Greenway Centre, Doncaster Road, Bristol, BS10 5PY · 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.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Greenway Centre, Doncaster Road, Bristol, BS10 5PY · More nurseries in BS10
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Badocks Wood School, Gosforth Road and Ambleside Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Doncaster Road Park1 min walk
- Badocks Wood3 min walk
- Trym Valley6 min walk
- Glencoyne Square8 min walk
- Royal Victoria Park8 min walk
- Playground2 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 Bristol there are about 3.9 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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The Bluebell Nursery is a full-day nursery at The Greenway Centre, Doncaster Road, Bristol, BS10 5PY, in Southmead, Bristol. It is registered for 25 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (October 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bluebell NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- E-ACT Badock's Wood Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 under 0.1 miles
- Elmfield School for Deaf Children ages 2–16has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.3 miles
- Little Mead Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.3 miles
- Westbury-On-Trym Church of England Academy Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected April 2025 0.4 miles
- Horfield Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected April 2024 0.7 miles
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.8 miles
- Fonthill Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.8 miles
- Blaise Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 0.9 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 Bluebell Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Bluebell Nursery Good at its inspection on 14 August 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Bluebell Nursery take?
The Bluebell Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 25 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to The Bluebell Nursery?
Bristol Brabazon is the nearest station we know of, 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact The Bluebell Nursery?
You can call 07701 098434 and visit www.thebluebellnursery.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 October 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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY496506 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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