Full-day nursery in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
Karetakers Day Nursery
Drayton Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 1EQ · 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 1994Reference 224654Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record2 inspectionslatest 12 June 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places104 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 17 June 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Inspection history (2)
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Drayton Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 1EQ · More nurseries in ST3
Stations
- Longton4 min walk · 0.1 miles
Buses
22 bus stops within 400 m, including Smith Street, Longton rail station and Friar Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Priors Fields4 min walk
- Cockster Brook Community Park10 min walk
- Fen Park12 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground11 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 Stoke-on-Trent there are about 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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Karetakers Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Drayton Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 1EQ, in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. It is registered for 104 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.3 from 11 reviews (November 2026).
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| Karetakers Day NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Gladstone Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.3 miles
- Co-op Academy Clarice Cliff Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.3 miles
- Sandford Hill Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.6 miles
- St Gregory's Catholic Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected June 2023 0.6 miles
- St Paul's CofE (C) Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Alexandra Infants' School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 1.0 miles
- Co-op Academy Glebe Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected June 2024 1.1 miles
- Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected March 2025 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 Karetakers Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Karetakers Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 12 June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Karetakers Day Nursery take?
Karetakers Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 104 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Karetakers Day Nursery?
Longton is the nearest station we know of, 0.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Karetakers Day Nursery?
You can call 01782 331167.
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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
- 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 224654 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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