Full-day nursery in Calverton, Nottinghamshire
Dragonflies Day Nursery
16 Crookdole Lane, Calverton, Nottingham, NG14 6GF · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since January 2022Reference 2668824Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 29 April 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places55 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 9 July 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
16 Crookdole Lane, Calverton, Nottingham, NG14 6GF · More nurseries in NG14
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including St Wilfrids Square, Oakland Grove and St Wilfrids Church.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground9 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 Nottinghamshire there are about 3.2 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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Dragonflies Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 16 Crookdole Lane, Calverton, Nottingham, NG14 6GF, in Calverton, Nottinghamshire. It is registered for 55 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragonflies Day NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Killisick Pre-SchoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 2.8 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.2 miles
- Manor Park Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.2 miles
- Sir John Sherbrooke Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.4 miles
- Wood's Foundation CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2024 1.4 miles
- Colonel Frank Seely Academy Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2022 0.3 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 Dragonflies Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Dragonflies Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 29 April 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Dragonflies Day Nursery take?
Dragonflies Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 55 children at any one time.
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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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2668824 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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