Full-day nursery in The Valley, Cheshire East
Rainbow Childcare & Preschool
Wistaston Road, Crewe, CW2 7RL · 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 March 2019Reference 2519660Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 15 June 2022Ofsted · 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 20 November 2025Food 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
Wistaston Road, Crewe, CW2 7RL · More nurseries in CW2
Stations
- Crewe24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Stewart Street, Wisaston Road and Eagle Bridge Health Centre.
Parks and playgrounds
- Tipkinder Park6 min walk
- Jubilee Gardens9 min walk
- Queens Park11 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground7 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 Cheshire East there are about 2.5 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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Rainbow Childcare & Preschool is a full-day nursery at Wistaston Road, Crewe, CW2 7RL, in The Valley, Cheshire East. It is registered for 36 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 9 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Rainbow Childcare And Preschool Ltd.
Run by Rainbow Childcare And Preschool Ltd (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Edleston Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected July 2025 0.3 miles
- Lavender Field School ages 5–19 0.3 miles
- Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2022 0.4 miles
- Beechwood Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.5 miles
- Underwood West Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.6 miles
- Wistaston Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected July 2024 0.6 miles
- Westminster Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.7 miles
- Vine Tree Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 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 Rainbow Childcare & Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Rainbow Childcare & Preschool Good at its inspection on 15 June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Rainbow Childcare & Preschool take?
Rainbow Childcare & Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 36 children at any one time.
Who runs Rainbow Childcare & Preschool?
Rainbow Childcare & Preschool is run by Rainbow Childcare And Preschool Ltd, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Rainbow Childcare & Preschool?
Crewe is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Rainbow Childcare & Preschool?
You can call 01270 481452 and visit www.rainbowcc.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2519660 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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