Sessional pre-school in Newtown, Cambridgeshire
Sancton Wood School, Baby Unicorns Nursery
Sancton Wood School, 17 Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JB · 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Sancton Wood School, 17 Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JB · More nurseries in CB1
Stations
- Cambridge7 min walk · 0.3 miles
Parks and playgrounds
- Cannon's Green5 min walk
- Parker's Piece9 min walk
- Regency square10 min walk
- Donkey's Common11 min walk
- Coleridge Recreation Ground12 min walk
- Playground6 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 Cambridgeshire there are about 2.8 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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Sancton Wood School, Baby Unicorns Nursery is a sessional pre-school at Sancton Wood School, 17 Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JB, in Newtown, Cambridgeshire. It is registered for 18 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (October 2026).
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| Sancton Wood School, Baby Unicorns NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | 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
- Sancton Wood School ages 1–16has a nursery class 0.2 miles
- St Pauls CofE VA Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.2 miles
- St Mary's School ages 3–19has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.3 miles
- The Stephen Perse Foundation ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- Heritage School ages 4–16 0.4 miles
- St Faith's School ages 3–13has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- St Matthew's Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.7 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 Sancton Wood School, Baby Unicorns Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sancton Wood School, Baby Unicorns Nursery Good at its inspection on 15 October 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Sancton Wood School, Baby Unicorns Nursery take?
Sancton Wood School, Baby Unicorns Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 18 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Sancton Wood School, Baby Unicorns Nursery?
Cambridge is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Sancton Wood School, Baby Unicorns Nursery?
You can call 01223 471703 and visit sanctonwood.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY536962 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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