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Nurseries in Stone

There are 10 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Stone, and 2 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Stone

  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 7 settings (7 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Elmhurst House Day Nursery - Day nursery, Stone ST15 8EL, ages 0 to 4, 90 places
    Ofsted, 21 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Flourish Montessori Day Nursery - Day nursery, Stone ST15 0SD, 60 places
  • Kids Planet Stone - Day nursery, Stone ST15 8LL, 60 places
  • Meaford Day Nursery - Day nursery, Stone ST15 0PX, ages 0 to 4, 62 places
    Ofsted, 9 November 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Meaford Fields Day Nursery - Day nursery, Stone ST15 8LQ, ages 0 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted, 2 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Mumbles Day Nursery - Day nursery, Stone ST15 0EQ, ages 0 to 4, 54 places
    Ofsted, 5 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Smartys Little Stars Nursery - Day nursery, Stone ST15 0AA, ages 0 to 3, 46 places
    Ofsted, 21 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Smartys Pre-School Nursery - Day nursery, Stone ST15 8QB, ages 2 to 7, 40 places
    Ofsted, 10 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Smartys Toddler Nursery - Day nursery, Stone ST15 8QF, ages 0 to 2, 32 places
    Ofsted, 15 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Time 4 Sport at Manor Hill First School - Pre-school, Stone ST15 0HY

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Little Stars Childcare Out Of School Club - Out-of-school club, Stone ST15 8EP, 25 places
  • Oulton Little Stars Childcare - Out-of-school club, Stone ST15 8UH, 16 places

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 Stone

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