Sessional pre-school in Pitshanger, Ealing
Little Sparks Nursery
Gurnell Grove Community Centre, West Ealing, W13 0AR · 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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Nurseries in Ealing that publish fees charge £70–£130 a day for under-2s (4 nurseries). This is the area's range, not this nursery's.
Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Gurnell Grove Community Centre, West Ealing, W13 0AR · More nurseries in W13
Stations
- Castle Bar Park6 min walk · 0.2 miles
- South Greenford14 min walk · 0.6 miles
- Drayton Green16 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Gurnell Leisure Centre, Copley Close and Castle Bar Park Station.
Parks and playgrounds
- Pear Tree Park4 min walk
- Castlebar Park7 min walk
- Pitshanger Park7 min walk
- Perivale East Meadow8 min walk
- Perivale Park9 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
© OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026 · Powered by TfL Open Data, 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 Ealing there are about 3.9 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 Sparks Nursery is a sessional pre-school at Gurnell Grove Community Centre, West Ealing, W13 0AR, in Pitshanger, Ealing. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Little Sparks Nursery Ltd.
Run by Little Sparks Nursery Ltd (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Sparks NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Little Garden NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | 08:00–18:00 | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Happy Todds ClubhouseFull-day nursery | Report card 2026 | £64 | 08:00–18:00 | 3 mo–5 yrs | 0.5 miles |
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- All nurseries in Pitshanger1
- All nurseries in Ealing126
- All nurseries in W1312
- Nurseries near Castle Bar Park station
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Woodlands Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.3 miles
- Castlebar School ages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.3 miles
- Brentside Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2024 0.3 miles
- Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain, London Welsh School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- Springhallow School ages 4–19Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.6 miles
- North Ealing Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.6 miles
- Selborne Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected November 2023 0.7 miles
- Hobbayne Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.7 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 Sparks Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Sparks Nursery Good at its inspection on 9 September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Sparks Nursery take?
Little Sparks Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
Who runs Little Sparks Nursery?
Little Sparks Nursery is run by Little Sparks Nursery Ltd, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Little Sparks Nursery?
Castle Bar Park is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 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.
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- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 12 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY478456 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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