Full-day nursery in Daws Heath, Essex
The Enchanted Wood Day Nursery
The Deanes School, Daws Heath Road, BENFLEET, SS7 2TD · 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.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since December 2011Reference EY438270Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 7 August 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places60 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 1 July 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
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 Deanes School, Daws Heath Road, BENFLEET, SS7 2TD · More nurseries in SS7
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including The Deanes, The Deanes School and Balmerino Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground12 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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The Enchanted Wood Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at The Deanes School, Daws Heath Road, BENFLEET, SS7 2TD, in Daws Heath, Essex. It is registered for 60 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (November 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Cedar Hall School ages 4–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected January 2025 0.4 miles
- Westwood Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Thundersley Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.7 miles
- Wyburns Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2022 1.1 miles
- Kingston Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected November 2023 1.1 miles
- Rayleigh Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2024 1.2 miles
- Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 1.2 miles
- Hadleigh Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 1.2 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 Enchanted Wood Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Enchanted Wood Day Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 7 August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Enchanted Wood Day Nursery take?
The Enchanted Wood Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 60 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to The Enchanted Wood Day Nursery?
Rayleigh is the nearest station we know of, 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact The Enchanted Wood Day Nursery?
You can call 01268 774242 and visit enchantedwood.org.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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY438270 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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