Full-day nursery in Colney, Norfolk
The Children's Garden
The Walled Garden, Colney Hall, Watton Road, Norwich, NR4 7TY · 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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Hours and ages
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Getting there
The Walled Garden, Colney Hall, Watton Road, Norwich, NR4 7TY · More nurseries in NR4
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Norfolk 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.
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The Children's Garden is a full-day nursery at The Walled Garden, Colney Hall, Watton Road, Norwich, NR4 7TY, in Colney, Norfolk. It is registered for 167 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 17 reviews (November 2026). It is run by The Children's Garden Day Nursery Partnership.
Run by The Children's Garden Day Nursery Partnership (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Little Melton Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected February 2024 0.8 miles
- The Bawburgh School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.8 miles
- Chapel Break Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Outstandinginspected December 2023 1.1 miles
- St Michael's VA Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 1.2 miles
- Cringleford Prep Primaryages 4–11 1.3 miles
- Hethersett Woodside Primary & Nursery School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected January 2024 1.5 miles
- Clover Hill VA Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 1.5 miles
- Costessey Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 1.6 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 The Children's Garden's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Children's Garden Good at its inspection on 6 August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Children's Garden take?
The Children's Garden is registered with Ofsted for up to 167 children at any one time.
Who runs The Children's Garden?
The Children's Garden is run by The Children's Garden Day Nursery Partnership, which runs 2 nurseries.
How do I contact The Children's Garden?
You can call 01603 813011 and visit norwich.tcgnursery.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.
- 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 EY549988 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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