Full-day nursery in Drakewalls, Cornwall
Delaware Pre School
Delaware Community Learning Centre, Albaston, GUNNISLAKE, PL18 9EZ · 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
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Delaware Community Learning Centre, Albaston, GUNNISLAKE, PL18 9EZ · More nurseries in PL18
Stations
- Gunnislake9 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Delaware Road, Moorland Way and Delaware Court.
Parks and playgrounds
- Ainstable (Millennium Green)2 min walk
- Playground10 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 Cornwall there are about 3.4 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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Delaware Pre School is a full-day nursery at Delaware Community Learning Centre, Albaston, GUNNISLAKE, PL18 9EZ, in Drakewalls, Cornwall. It is registered for 39 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Pre SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| The CabinFull-day nursery | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 4.2 miles |
| Whitchurch PreschoolSessional pre-school | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 4.2 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Copper Valley Infant and Nursery Academy Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Copper Fields School ages 4–16 0.2 miles
- Copper Valley Junior Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2022 0.8 miles
- The Lowen School ages 5–18 0.9 miles
- Harrowbarrow Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected November 2023 1.4 miles
- Calstock Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 1.6 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 Delaware Pre School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Delaware Pre School Good at its inspection on 14 March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Delaware Pre School take?
Delaware Pre School is registered with Ofsted for up to 39 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Delaware Pre School?
Gunnislake is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Delaware Pre School?
You can call 01822 832093 and visit www.delawarepreschool.co.uk.
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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.
- 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.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY383189 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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