What Ofsted grade does Puddles Nursery have?

Puddles Nursery was rated Good at its inspection on 26 January 2024, under the grading Ofsted used before report cards.

How many children can Puddles Nursery take?

Ofsted registers Puddles Nursery for 38 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Cheltenham has 52.

How much does Puddles Nursery cost?

Puddles Nursery sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in South West charges £181 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.

Does Puddles Nursery offer 30 hours free childcare?

Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Puddles Nursery how it offers them.

When was Puddles Nursery last inspected?

Ofsted last inspected Puddles Nursery on 26 January 2024. The full report is on the Ofsted website.

Which nurseries are near Puddles Nursery?

Nearby in GL51: Little Smarties, My Ohana Nursery Cheltenham, Meadows Day Nursery.

Puddles Nursery

Day nursery in Cheltenham, GL51. Part of the Gloucestershire council area.

Hesters Way Community Resource Centre, Cassin Drive, Cheltenham, GL51 7SU

38 places

2006 registered with Ofsted

23 of 48 in our Cheltenham ranking

£122 a week, 50 hours for a 3 year old, South West average

What Ofsted found

Good Inspected 26 January 2024

Ofsted grades for Puddles Nursery, inspection of 26 January 2024
Judgement	Grade
Overall effectiveness	Good
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good

The second of the four grades: a good standard of care and learning. Ofsted now gives report cards instead, so this grade stays until the next inspection.

Read the full Ofsted report Open in maps

What a place could cost

Puddles Nursery sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in South West, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.

Child's age	You pay a week	About a month
From 9 months to 2	£145	£460
2 years old	£133	£422
3 to 4 years old	£122	£388

A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.

Puddles Nursery against Cheltenham

	Puddles Nursery	Cheltenham average
Places	38	52
Ofsted outcome	Good	90% rated Good or better

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Questions parents ask about Puddles Nursery

What Ofsted grade does Puddles Nursery have?: Puddles Nursery was rated Good at its inspection on 26 January 2024, under the grading Ofsted used before report cards.
How many children can Puddles Nursery take?: Ofsted registers Puddles Nursery for 38 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Cheltenham has 52.
How much does Puddles Nursery cost?: Puddles Nursery sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in South West charges £181 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
Does Puddles Nursery offer 30 hours free childcare?: Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Puddles Nursery how it offers them.
When was Puddles Nursery last inspected?: Ofsted last inspected Puddles Nursery on 26 January 2024. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
Which nurseries are near Puddles Nursery?: Nearby in GL51: Little Smarties, My Ohana Nursery Cheltenham, Meadows Day Nursery.

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.