Full-day nursery in High Cross, Cambridgeshire
University of West Cambridge Day Nursery
8 Charles Babbage Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0FZ · 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 July 2009Reference EY396219Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 29 May 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places120 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 23 July 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
8 Charles Babbage Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0FZ · More nurseries in CB3
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.
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University of West Cambridge Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 8 Charles Babbage Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0FZ, in High Cross, Cambridgeshire. It is registered for 120 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Childbase Partnership Limited.
Run by Childbase Partnership Limited (company), which runs 44 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- University of Cambridge Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.5 miles
- St John's College School ages 4–13 0.7 miles
- King's College School ages 4–14 0.8 miles
- Mayfield Primary School Primaryages 4–11 1.2 miles
- St Luke's CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected March 2023 1.2 miles
- Park Street CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 1.3 miles
- Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.3 miles
- Newnham Croft Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 1.4 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 University of West Cambridge Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated University of West Cambridge Day Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 29 May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can University of West Cambridge Day Nursery take?
University of West Cambridge Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 120 children at any one time.
Who runs University of West Cambridge Day Nursery?
University of West Cambridge Day Nursery is run by Childbase Partnership Limited, which runs 44 nurseries.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
- 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.
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY396219 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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