Full-day nursery in Middlesbrough
Great Expectations Pre-School
32-40 Grange Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 5AU · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
32-40 Grange Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 5AU · More nurseries in TS1
Stations
- Middlesbrough11 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
17 bus stops within 400 m, including Myrtle Street, St John's Church and Cineworld Cinemas.
Parks and playgrounds
- Central Square Gardens3 min walk
- St. John's Park4 min walk
- King Edward Square8 min walk
- Albert Park12 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 Middlesbrough there are about 4.9 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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Great Expectations Pre-School is a full-day nursery at 32-40 Grange Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 5AU, in Middlesbrough. It is registered for 90 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Abingdon Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.2 miles
- Breckon Hill Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2022 0.4 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Lift North Ormesby Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Ayresome Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.7 miles
- Newport Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.7 miles
- St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.9 miles
- Sacred Heart Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.9 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 Great Expectations Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Great Expectations Pre-School Good at its inspection on 16 May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Great Expectations Pre-School take?
Great Expectations Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 90 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Great Expectations Pre-School?
Middlesbrough is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY362002 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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