Full-day nursery in Upper Stratton, Swindon
The Play Den Nursery
Unit 17b, Headlands Trading Estate, Swindon, SN2 7JQ · 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
Unit 17b, Headlands Trading Estate, Swindon, SN2 7JQ · More nurseries in SN2
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Headlands Trading Estate, Greenlands Road and Marsland Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Headlands Grove5 min walk
- Merton Fields Millennium Green10 min walk
- Headlands Grove Play Park playground5 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 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 Swindon there are about 4.2 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 Play Den Nursery is a full-day nursery at Unit 17b, Headlands Trading Estate, Swindon, SN2 7JQ, in Upper Stratton, Swindon. It is registered for 48 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.8 from 18 reviews (November 2026).
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| The Play Den 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
- Connex ages 4–16 under 0.1 miles
- Crowdys Hill School ages 4–19Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.3 miles
- Beechcroft Infant School Primaryages 4–7 0.3 miles
- Ruskin Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.6 miles
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Swindon Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.6 miles
- Gorse Hill Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.7 miles
- Grange Infants' School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.8 miles
- Swindon Academy All-throughages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.8 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 Play Den Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Play Den Nursery Good at its inspection on 13 July 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Play Den Nursery take?
The Play Den Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 48 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to The Play Den Nursery?
Swindon is the nearest station we know of, 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact The Play Den Nursery?
You can call 01793 632892 and visit www.theplayden.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.
- 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 EY535956 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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