Full-day nursery in Ackworth Moor Top, Wakefield
Little Explorers
Ackworth Cricket Club, Wakefield Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7DF · 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 January 2018Reference EY552958Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 3 February 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places16 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 16 February 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Ackworth Cricket Club, Wakefield Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7DF · More nurseries in WF7
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Cricketers View, Rhyddings Drive and Heaton Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- 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 Wakefield there are about 4.7 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.
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Little Explorers is a full-day nursery at Ackworth Cricket Club, Wakefield Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, WF7 7DF, in Ackworth Moor Top, Wakefield. It is registered for 16 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Little ExplorersThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.2 miles
- Ackworth Mill Dam School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.6 miles
- Ackworth School ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.7 miles
- Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 1.2 miles
- Fitzwilliam Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 1.2 miles
- King's Meadow Academy Primaryages 3–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 1.3 miles
- West End Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected November 2024 1.8 miles
- Outwood Academy Hemsworth Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 1.7 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 Explorers's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Explorers Good at its inspection on 3 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Explorers take?
Little Explorers is registered with Ofsted for up to 16 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Explorers?
Fitzwilliam is the nearest station we know of, 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Explorers?
You can call 07904 812656.
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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
- 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.
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY552958 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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