Full-day nursery in The Hythe, Essex
Woodland Barn Day Nursery
105 Old Heath Road, Colchester, CO1 2EX · 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 March 2005Reference EY303073Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 11 January 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places48 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 6 May 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
105 Old Heath Road, Colchester, CO1 2EX · More nurseries in CO1
Stations
- Hythe (Essex)17 min walk · 0.7 miles
- Colchester Town21 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Scarletts Road, Barn Hall Avenue and Canwick Grove.
Parks and playgrounds
- Love Hill Lawn10 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground9 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 Essex there are about 2.9 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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Woodland Barn Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 105 Old Heath Road, Colchester, CO1 2EX, in The Hythe, Essex. It is registered for 48 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by WOODLAND BARN LTD..
Run by WOODLAND BARN LTD. (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Kendall Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 0.1 miles
- St. George's School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.5 miles
- Old Heath Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.6 miles
- Monkwick Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.9 miles
- Monkwick Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.9 miles
- St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected November 2023 0.9 miles
- Unity Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 1.0 miles
- St John's Green Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 1.0 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 Woodland Barn Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Woodland Barn Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 11 January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Woodland Barn Day Nursery take?
Woodland Barn Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 48 children at any one time.
Who runs Woodland Barn Day Nursery?
Woodland Barn Day Nursery is run by WOODLAND BARN LTD., which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Woodland Barn Day Nursery?
Hythe (Essex) is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
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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.
- 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY303073 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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