Full-day nursery in Swarcliffe, Leeds
Scribbles
St. Gregorys Church, Swarcliffe Drive, LEEDS, LS14 5AW · 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
St. Gregorys Church, Swarcliffe Drive, LEEDS, LS14 5AW · More nurseries in LS14
Stations
- Cross Gates22 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Southwood Gate, Swarcliffe Approach and Barwick Road Southwood Gate.
Parks and playgrounds
- Mill Green Close8 min walk
- Seacroft Village Green9 min walk
- Mill Green9 min walk
- Pennwell Pocket Park11 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 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 Leeds there are about 3.6 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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Scribbles is a full-day nursery at St. Gregorys Church, Swarcliffe Drive, LEEDS, LS14 5AW, in Swarcliffe, Leeds. It is registered for 50 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.0 from 4 reviews (November 2026).
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| ScribblesThis 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.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Swarcliffe Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.2 miles
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2022 0.2 miles
- Manston Primary Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.3 miles
- Manston St James Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.5 miles
- Grimes Dyke Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 0.6 miles
- Parklands Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.6 miles
- Beechwood Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected February 2025 0.7 miles
- Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 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 is Scribbles's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Scribbles Good at its inspection on 31 May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Scribbles take?
Scribbles is registered with Ofsted for up to 50 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Scribbles?
Cross Gates is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Scribbles?
You can call 07871 674113 and visit www.scribblesleeds.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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2636900 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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