Full-day nursery in Draper's Fields, Coventry
Little Swanswell Nursery
Cornerstone Family Centre, Howard Street, Coventry, CV1 4GE · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Requires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Leadership and managementRequires improvement
- 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 October 2010Reference EY414744Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record4 inspectionslatest 23 September 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places102 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 4 June 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Inspection history (4)
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Cornerstone Family Centre, Howard Street, Coventry, CV1 4GE · More nurseries in CV1
Buses
19 bus stops within 400 m, including Harnall Lane West, City Wharf and Swanswell Point.
Parks and playgrounds
- Eagle Street Park3 min walk
- Swanswell Park3 min walk
- Volgograd Place6 min walk
- Garden of International Friendship7 min walk
- Cathedral Square10 min walk
- Playground5 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 Coventry 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.
What parents say
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Little Swanswell Nursery is a full-day nursery at Cornerstone Family Centre, Howard Street, Coventry, CV1 4GE, in Draper's Fields, Coventry. It is registered for 102 children. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.7 from 39 reviews (November 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Sidney Stringer Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.2 miles
- John Gulson Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.3 miles
- Hillfields Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected May 2023 0.3 miles
- St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.4 miles
- Southfields Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2022 0.6 miles
- Bablake School ages 3–19has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- St Osburg's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 0.6 miles
- Radford Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.7 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 Swanswell Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Swanswell Nursery Requires improvement at its inspection on 23 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Swanswell Nursery take?
Little Swanswell Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 102 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Swanswell Nursery?
Coventry is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Swanswell Nursery?
You can call 024 7663 3899.
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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 EY414744 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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