Full-day nursery in Pennsylvania, Devon
Tops Exeter
University Of Exeter, Prince Of Wales Road, Exeter, EX4 4PL · 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
University Of Exeter, Prince Of Wales Road, Exeter, EX4 4PL · More nurseries in EX4
Stations
- St James Park (Devon)7 min walk · 0.3 miles
- Exeter Central14 min walk · 0.6 miles
- Exeter St Davids19 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Prince of Wales Road, Devonshire Place and Hoopern Lane.
Parks and playgrounds
- Hoopern Valley Play Area4 min walk
- Danes Castle9 min walk
- Northernhay Gardens11 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- 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 Devon there are about 3.7 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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Tops Exeter is a full-day nursery at University Of Exeter, Prince Of Wales Road, Exeter, EX4 4PL, in Pennsylvania, Devon. It is registered for 104 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.6 from 10 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Tops Day Nursery Limited.
Run by Tops Day Nursery Limited (company), which runs 32 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Sidwell's Church of England Primary School & Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.3 miles
- Stoke Hill Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 0.6 miles
- Newtown Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected September 2021 0.7 miles
- Stoke Hill Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.7 miles
- The Maynard School ages 4–19 0.8 miles
- St David's CofE Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.8 miles
- Exeter Cathedral School ages 3–13has a nursery class 0.8 miles
- Ladysmith Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected May 2024 0.9 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 Tops Exeter's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Tops Exeter Good at its inspection on 11 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Tops Exeter take?
Tops Exeter is registered with Ofsted for up to 104 children at any one time.
Who runs Tops Exeter?
Tops Exeter is run by Tops Day Nursery Limited, which runs 32 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Tops Exeter?
St James Park (Devon) is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Tops Exeter?
You can call 01392 305305 and visit www.topsdaynurseries.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 2804980 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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