Sessional pre-school in East Moor, Wakefield
Childcare @ St Swithun's
St. Swithuns Community Centre, Arncliffe Road, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4RR · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
St. Swithuns Community Centre, Arncliffe Road, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4RR · More nurseries in WF1
Stations
- Wakefield Kirkgate19 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Windhill Road Irwin Cresent, Windhill Road Hebden Road and Heath View Academy.
Parks and playgrounds
- Queen Elizabeth Park3 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground12 min walk
- Playground12 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 Wakefield there are about 4.7 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.
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Childcare @ St Swithun's is a sessional pre-school at St. Swithuns Community Centre, Arncliffe Road, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4RR, in East Moor, Wakefield. It is registered for 32 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by St George's Lupset Ltd.
Run by St George's Lupset Ltd (company), which runs 4 nurseries.
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| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare @ St Swithun'sThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Trinity Pre-SchoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Abacus NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Future Einsteins College GroveFull-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
| Nurtured @ WakefieldFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
| Toybox Private Nursery LtdFull-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.0 miles |
| Wakefield Day NurseryFull-day nursery | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.0 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.1 miles
- Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 0.3 miles
- Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.4 miles
- St Austin's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.5 miles
- Meadowcroft School ages 5–19 0.6 miles
- Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.6 miles
- Queen Elizabeths School Wakefield ages 3–19has a nursery class 0.9 miles
- Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 1.1 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 Childcare @ St Swithun's's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Childcare @ St Swithun's Outstanding at its inspection on 29 February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Childcare @ St Swithun's take?
Childcare @ St Swithun's is registered with Ofsted for up to 32 children at any one time.
Who runs Childcare @ St Swithun's?
Childcare @ St Swithun's is run by St George's Lupset Ltd, which runs 4 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Childcare @ St Swithun's?
Wakefield Kirkgate is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY459409 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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