Full-day nursery in Dill Hall, Lancashire
Puddleducks @ Meadoway
Regent Road, Church, Accrington, BB5 4AR · 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 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
Regent Road, Church, Accrington, BB5 4AR · More nurseries in BB5
Stations
- Accrington18 min walk · 0.7 miles
- Church & Oswaldtwistle20 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
20 bus stops within 400 m, including Kingsley Close, Cemetery and Regent Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Milnshaw Park6 min walk
- Gatty Park7 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground12 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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Puddleducks @ Meadoway is a full-day nursery at Regent Road, Church, Accrington, BB5 4AR, in Dill Hall, Lancashire. It is registered for 66 children. It opens 07:30–18:00, Mon–Fri. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.8 from 18 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Puddleducks Children's Nursery Limited.
Run by Puddleducks Children's Nursery Limited (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puddleducks @ MeadowayThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | 07:30–18:00 | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.2 miles
- Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.5 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 0.5 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 0.8 miles
- Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.8 miles
- Fairfield Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.9 miles
- Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What are Puddleducks @ Meadoway's opening hours?
Puddleducks @ Meadoway opens 07:30–18:00, Mon–Fri.
What is Puddleducks @ Meadoway's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Puddleducks @ Meadoway Good at its inspection on 29 October 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Puddleducks @ Meadoway take?
Puddleducks @ Meadoway is registered with Ofsted for up to 66 children at any one time.
Who runs Puddleducks @ Meadoway?
Puddleducks @ Meadoway is run by Puddleducks Children's Nursery Limited, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Puddleducks @ Meadoway?
Accrington is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Puddleducks @ Meadoway?
You can call 01254 875319 and visit www.puddleducksltd.com.
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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
- 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 2496795 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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