Sessional pre-school in Withnoe, Cornwall
The Long Garden Early Years Centre
Hurdon Road, Launceston, PL15 9JR · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Hurdon Road, Launceston, PL15 9JR · More nurseries in PL15
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Launceston College, Hurdon Road and Tesco.
Parks and playgrounds
- Coronation Park3 min walk
- Windmill Hill Park6 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground6 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 Long Garden Early Years Centre is a sessional pre-school at Hurdon Road, Launceston, PL15 9JR, in Withnoe, Cornwall. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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| The Long Garden Early Years CentreThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Launceston Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.2 miles
- Windmill Hill Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 0.4 miles
- St Catherine's CofE Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- St Josephs School ages 4–16 1.1 miles
- St Stephens Community Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2024 1.3 miles
- Launceston College Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 under 0.1 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 Long Garden Early Years Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Long Garden Early Years Centre Good at its inspection on 16 September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Long Garden Early Years Centre take?
The Long Garden Early Years Centre is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
How do I contact The Long Garden Early Years Centre?
You can call 01566 504993.
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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 2589360 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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