Full-day nursery in Mickle Trafford, Cheshire West and Chester
S4YC @ Mickle Trafford Preschool
Mickle Trafford Preschool, School Lane, Mickle Trafford, Chester, CH2 4EF · 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 July 2022Reference 2696582Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 21 January 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 4 September 2026Food 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
Mickle Trafford Preschool, School Lane, Mickle Trafford, Chester, CH2 4EF · More nurseries in CH2
Buses
2 bus stops within 400 m, including Methodist Church.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground1 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 West and Chester there are about 2.4 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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S4YC @ Mickle Trafford Preschool is a full-day nursery at Mickle Trafford Preschool, School Lane, Mickle Trafford, Chester, CH2 4EF, in Mickle Trafford, Cheshire West and Chester. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.0 from 1 review (October 2026). It is run by S4YC Limited.
Run by S4YC Limited (company), which runs 22 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Mickle Trafford Village School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Guilden Sutton CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected June 2024 1.0 miles
- Acresfield Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected July 2024 1.6 miles
- Barrow CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 1.8 miles
- Upton Westlea Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 1.8 miles
- Oldfield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Concerns)inspected September 2023 1.9 miles
- Upton-by-Chester High School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 1.5 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 S4YC @ Mickle Trafford Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated S4YC @ Mickle Trafford Preschool Good at its inspection on 21 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
Who runs S4YC @ Mickle Trafford Preschool?
S4YC @ Mickle Trafford Preschool is run by S4YC Limited, which runs 22 nurseries.
How do I contact S4YC @ Mickle Trafford Preschool?
You can call 01244 301711 and visit www.s4yc.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2696582 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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