Full-day nursery in Soham, Cambridgeshire
The Willows Daycare Nursery
The Willows Daycare Nursery, Mereside, Soham, CB7 5EE · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since May 1993Reference 221551Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 8 February 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places68 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 29 October 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Willows Daycare Nursery, Mereside, Soham, CB7 5EE · More nurseries in CB7
Stations
- Soham5 min walk · 0.2 miles
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Adizone playground10 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 Cambridgeshire there are about 2.8 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 Willows Daycare Nursery is a full-day nursery at The Willows Daycare Nursery, Mereside, Soham, CB7 5EE, in Soham, Cambridgeshire. It is registered for 68 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (October 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
- The Weatheralls Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected October 2023 0.4 miles
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.7 miles
- The Shade Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.0 miles
- Soham Village College Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Outstandinginspected June 2024 0.6 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 Willows Daycare Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Willows Daycare Nursery Good at its inspection on 8 February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Willows Daycare Nursery take?
The Willows Daycare Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 68 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to The Willows Daycare Nursery?
Soham is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact The Willows Daycare Nursery?
You can call 01353 624821 and visit willowschildcare.co.uk.
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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
- 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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 221551 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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