Full-day nursery in Preston, Lancashire
Carey Childcare Centre
Carey Baptist Church, Pole Street, Preston, PR1 1DX · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Carey Baptist Church, Pole Street, Preston, PR1 1DX · More nurseries in PR1
Buses
57 bus stops within 400 m, including Pole Street, Percy Street and Grimshaw Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Winckley Square10 min walk
- Frenchwood Knoll10 min walk
- Avenham Park11 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 Lancashire there are about 2.7 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.
What parents say
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Carey Childcare Centre is a full-day nursery at Carey Baptist Church, Pole Street, Preston, PR1 1DX, in Preston, Lancashire. It is registered for 44 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Carey Childcare CentreThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Stoneygate Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.2 miles
- St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, Preston Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2022 0.3 miles
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.3 miles
- Imam Muhammad Zakariya School ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- Frenchwood Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.5 miles
- English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Preston Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.7 miles
- Deepdale Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.7 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.7 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Carey Childcare Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Carey Childcare Centre Good at its inspection on 23 April 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Carey Childcare Centre take?
Carey Childcare Centre is registered with Ofsted for up to 44 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Carey Childcare Centre?
Preston is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
Tools for parents in Lancashire
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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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY501813 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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