Full-day nursery in The Valley, Cheshire East
Smart Start Nurseries & Preschool
Unit 3, 1 Underwood Lane, Crewe, CW1 3JX · 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, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Unit 3, 1 Underwood Lane, Crewe, CW1 3JX · More nurseries in CW1
Buses
19 bus stops within 400 m, including West Street, Underwood Lane and Goddard Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Leighton Brook Park10 min walk
- Tipkinder Park11 min walk
- Jubilee Gardens12 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 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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Smart Start Nurseries & Preschool is a full-day nursery at Unit 3, 1 Underwood Lane, Crewe, CW1 3JX, in The Valley, Cheshire East. It is registered for 26 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (October 2026).
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| Smart Start Nurseries & PreschoolThis 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
- 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 0.1 miles
- Lavender Field School ages 5–19 0.2 miles
- Beechwood Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.4 miles
- St Michael's Community Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.5 miles
- Edleston Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected July 2025 0.8 miles
- Leighton Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.8 miles
- Brierley Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.9 miles
- Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2022 0.9 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 Smart Start Nurseries & Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Smart Start Nurseries & Preschool Good at its inspection on 3 July 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Smart Start Nurseries & Preschool take?
Smart Start Nurseries & Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 26 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Smart Start Nurseries & Preschool?
Crewe is the nearest station we know of, 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Smart Start Nurseries & Preschool?
You can call 01270 421451 and visit smartstartkids.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 2731858 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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