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Nurseries in Cheadle

There are 18 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Cheadle, and 21 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Cheadle

  • Ofsted report cards: 4 settings (14 Strong standard, 10 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 12 settings (2 Outstanding, 10 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Activate Camps @ Cheadle Hulme - Day nursery, Cheadle SK8 6EF
  • Brookside Pre-School - Pre-school, Cheadle SK8 4EY, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 5 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees Day Nursery at Cheadle Hulme - Day nursery, Cheadle SK8 2JF, ages 0 to 3, 89 places
    Ofsted report card, 22 September 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Busy Bees Day Nursery at Cheadle Kingsway - Day nursery, Cheadle SK8 1NP, ages 0 to 5, 67 places
    Ofsted, 27 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cheadle Preschool and Day Nursery - Day nursery, Cheadle SK8 1PY, ages 0 to 4, 41 places
    Ofsted report card, 25 June 2026: Strong standard in 5 areas, Expected standard in 1 area; safeguarding standards met
  • Early Learners Day Nursery - Day nursery, Cheadle SK8 5AT, 125 places
  • Goodwood Lodge Day Nursery - Day nursery, Cheadle SK8 1EX, ages 0 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted, 20 February 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Greenbank Daycare Nursery - Day nursery, Cheadle SK8 6HU, ages 0 to 3, 64 places
    Ofsted, 29 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Heald Green Methodist Pre-School - Day nursery, Cheadle SK8 3RR, ages 2 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 6 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Honeybear Nursery ltd - Day nursery, Cheadle SK8 4EN, ages 0 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted, 6 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kids Planet Cheadle Royal - Day nursery, Cheadle SK8 3GY, ages 0 to 10, 250 places
    Ofsted, 9 November 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kids Planet Cheadle Stoke - Day nursery, Cheadle ST10 1ED, ages 0 to 4, 76 places
    Ofsted, 10 May 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Lilac Frog Day Nursery - Day nursery, Cheadle SK8 7JB, ages 0 to 4, 54 places
    Ofsted, 27 September 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Peeps - Day nursery, Cheadle SK8 2DP, ages 1 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted, 23 September 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Mini Montesaurs - Day nursery, Cheadle SK8 1AQ, ages 0 to 3, 40 places
    Ofsted report card, 25 August 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Ramillies Hall Nursery - Day nursery, Cheadle SK8 7AJ, ages 0 to 4, 113 places
    Ofsted, 22 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St Cuthberts Old School Nursery - Pre-school, Cheadle SK8 2BY, ages 3 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 27 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tiny Hearts Big Futures - Day nursery, Cheadle ST10 1ET, ages 0 to 4, 53 places
    Ofsted report card, 20 April 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Barney's Breakout - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 1JE, 100 places
  • Cheadle Stay And Play Club - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 1BB, 40 places
  • Conexus Tuition Cheadle Hulme, Handforth and Wilmslow - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 4EY
  • Elm Cottage Out of School at Hursthead - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 7PZ, 100 places
  • Fun Fest Bolshaw - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 3LW, 96 places
  • Gatley Childcare Ltd - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 4NB, 32 places
  • Kickstart Childcare (Bradshaw Hall) - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 6AN, 80 places
  • Kickstart Childcare (Cheadle Catholic) - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 6DB
  • Kidzone @ North Cheshire Jewish School - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 4RZ, 20 places
  • Kings Camps - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 6EF
  • Kumon Cheadle Hulme Maths and English Study Centre - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 5ET
  • LSC @ Lum Head Primary - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 4RR, 20 places
  • LSC @ Thorn Grove Primary School - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 7LD, 25 places
  • Lumhead After School - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 4RR
  • Meadowbank Lodge - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 2LE
  • Practically Family - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 6HU, 105 places
  • Practically Family - Cheadle Catholic Infant School - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 6DB, 70 places
  • Progressive Sports - Prospect Vale - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 3RJ
  • School of Play @ Oaktree Primary School - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 5HH, 80 places
  • School of Play @ Prospect Vale - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 3RJ, 60 places
  • Sk Education - Out-of-school club, Cheadle SK8 3QA

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Cheadle

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.