Full-day nursery in Shelton, Shropshire
Earlyworld Nursery
Oxon Business Park, Welshpool Road, Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury, SY3 5HJ · 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 August 1996Reference 224088Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 30 August 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places142 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 13 January 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
Oxon Business Park, Welshpool Road, Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury, SY3 5HJ · More nurseries in SY3
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground5 min walk
- Douglas Way Play Area playground6 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
© 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 Shropshire there are about 3 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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Earlyworld Nursery is a full-day nursery at Oxon Business Park, Welshpool Road, Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury, SY3 5HJ, in Shelton, Shropshire. It is registered for 142 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.8 from 5 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Earlyworld Limited.
Run by Earlyworld Limited (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Oxon CofE Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected June 2023 0.4 miles
- Oakwood School ages 5–16 0.7 miles
- Bowbrook Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.9 miles
- The Keystone Academy ages 4–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.9 miles
- Woodfield Infant School & Nursery Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 1.0 miles
- St George's Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 1.1 miles
- Bicton Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected September 2021 1.3 miles
- Radbrook Primary School Primaryages 0–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 1.5 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 Earlyworld Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Earlyworld Nursery Good at its inspection on 30 August 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Earlyworld Nursery take?
Earlyworld Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 142 children at any one time.
Who runs Earlyworld Nursery?
Earlyworld Nursery is run by Earlyworld Limited, which runs 3 nurseries.
How do I contact Earlyworld Nursery?
You can call 01743 232500 and visit www.earlyworld.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 October 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.
- © 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 224088 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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