Full-day nursery in Boston, Lincolnshire
Little Acorns Nursery
Skirbeck Road, BOSTON, PE21 6DA · 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
Skirbeck Road, BOSTON, PE21 6DA · More nurseries in PE21
Stations
- Boston15 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Boston College, Boston College Car Park and Grammar School.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 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 Lincolnshire there are about 2.9 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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Little Acorns Nursery is a full-day nursery at Skirbeck Road, BOSTON, PE21 6DA, in Boston, Lincolnshire. It is registered for 59 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2024, 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Acorns 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
- Boston Pioneers Free School Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.3 miles
- Boston Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected July 2023 0.3 miles
- St Nicholas CE Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.5 miles
- Carlton Road Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.7 miles
- Staniland Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.7 miles
- Tower Road Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.7 miles
- St Thomas CofE Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected February 2025 0.8 miles
- Boston Endeavour Academy ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.8 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 Little Acorns Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Acorns Nursery Good at its inspection on 16 September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Acorns Nursery take?
Little Acorns Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 59 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Acorns Nursery?
Boston is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Acorns Nursery?
You can call 01205 360556 and visit www.thedavangroup.com.
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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 EY543408 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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