Full-day nursery in Laneside, Lancashire
Little Tinkers Day Nursery
Laneside Avenue, Accrington, BB5 5AT · 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 June 2017Reference EY546452Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 29 January 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places42 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 10 February 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
- Monday to Friday
- 07:30–18:00
Ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Laneside Avenue, Accrington, BB5 5AT · More nurseries in BB5
Stations
- Accrington16 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including East Crescent, Hawksworth Road and Ribblesdale Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Milnshaw Park9 min walk
- Higham Playing Fields Play Area playground8 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- 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 Lancashire there are about 2.7 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 Tinkers Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Laneside Avenue, Accrington, BB5 5AT, in Laneside, Lancashire. It is registered for 42 children. It opens 07:30–18:00, Mon–Fri. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.0 from 2 reviews (November 2026).
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.3 miles
- Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.4 miles
- Accrington Peel Park Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.6 miles
- Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.7 miles
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.7 miles
- Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Inadequateinspected May 2023 0.8 miles
- Clayton-le-Moors Mount Pleasant Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.9 miles
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, Church Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 1.0 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 are Little Tinkers Day Nursery's opening hours?
Little Tinkers Day Nursery opens 07:30–18:00, Mon–Fri.
What is Little Tinkers Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Tinkers Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 29 January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Tinkers Day Nursery take?
Little Tinkers Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 42 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Tinkers Day Nursery?
Accrington is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Tinkers Day Nursery?
You can call 01254 384144 and visit littletinkersnursery.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 13 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.
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Last checked 13 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY546452 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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