Full-day nursery in Southway, Plymouth
Little Acorns Pre-School
Oakwood Primary School, 170 Pendeen Crescent, PLYMOUTH, PL6 6QS · 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
Oakwood Primary School, 170 Pendeen Crescent, PLYMOUTH, PL6 6QS · More nurseries in PL6
Buses
16 bus stops within 400 m, including Oakwood Primary, Butler Close and Samuel Bassett Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 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 Plymouth there are about 3.6 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 Pre-School is a full-day nursery at Oakwood Primary School, 170 Pendeen Crescent, PLYMOUTH, PL6 6QS, in Southway, Plymouth. It is registered for 20 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Oakwood Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected October 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Widewell Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.3 miles
- Beechwood Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.5 miles
- Bickleigh Down Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.9 miles
- Woodlands School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 1.0 miles
- Thornbury Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.2 miles
- Whitleigh Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 1.2 miles
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2022 1.3 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 Little Acorns Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Acorns Pre-School Good at its inspection on 25 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Acorns Pre-School take?
Little Acorns Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 20 children at any one time.
How do I contact Little Acorns Pre-School?
You can call 01752 204082.
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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 117194 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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