Full-day nursery in Upper Tean, Staffordshire
Children 1st @ Acorns
Draycott Road, Upper Tean, Stoke on Trent, ST10 4JJ · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
Draycott Road, Upper Tean, Stoke on Trent, ST10 4JJ · More nurseries in ST10
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Staffordshire there are about 3.1 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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Children 1st @ Acorns is a full-day nursery at Draycott Road, Upper Tean, Stoke on Trent, ST10 4JJ, in Upper Tean, Staffordshire. It is registered for 122 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Breedon House Nurseries Limited.
Run by Breedon House Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 23 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Thomas' Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected February 2023 0.9 miles
- Great Wood Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 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 Children 1st @ Acorns's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Children 1st @ Acorns Good at its inspection on 25 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Children 1st @ Acorns take?
Children 1st @ Acorns is registered with Ofsted for up to 122 children at any one time.
Who runs Children 1st @ Acorns?
Children 1st @ Acorns is run by Breedon House Nurseries Limited, which runs 23 nurseries.
How do I contact Children 1st @ Acorns?
You can call 01538 723366 and visit www.storal.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY440074 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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