Full-day nursery in Newport, Telford and Wrekin
Longford Pre-School Playgroup
Old Court, 129 High Street, Newport, TF10 7BH · 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 1974Reference 208229Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 14 December 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places36 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 12 December 2017Food 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
Old Court, 129 High Street, Newport, TF10 7BH · More nurseries in TF10
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Adams Grammar School, Council Offices and St Peters Church.
Parks and playgrounds
- Victoria Park2 min walk
- Shuker Field11 min walk
- Norbroom Park12 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground10 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 Telford and Wrekin there are about 3.1 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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Longford Pre-School Playgroup is a full-day nursery at Old Court, 129 High Street, Newport, TF10 7BH, in Newport, Telford and Wrekin. It is registered for 36 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 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
- Haberdashers' Castle House School ages 0–11has a nursery class 0.2 miles
- Newport Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected December 2023 0.3 miles
- Newport Infant School and Nursery Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.5 miles
- Moorfield Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.6 miles
- Church Aston Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.9 miles
- St Peter's Church of England Controlled Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected December 2024 1.4 miles
- Haberdashers' Adams Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2022 under 0.1 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 Longford Pre-School Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Longford Pre-School Playgroup Good at its inspection on 14 December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Longford Pre-School Playgroup take?
Longford Pre-School Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 36 children at any one time.
How do I contact Longford Pre-School Playgroup?
You can call 01952 810280 and visit longfordplaygroup.co.uk.
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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 208229 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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