Full-day nursery in Braddocks Hay, Staffordshire
Space Cadets
Staffordshire County Council, Squirrel Hayes County First School, Springfield Road, Stoke-On-Trent, ST8 7DF · 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
Staffordshire County Council, Squirrel Hayes County First School, Springfield Road, Stoke-On-Trent, ST8 7DF · More nurseries in ST8
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including The Barley Mow PH, Edgeley Road and Lord Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Church Road Recreation Ground2 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground4 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 Staffordshire there are about 3.1 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.
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Space Cadets is a full-day nursery at Staffordshire County Council, Squirrel Hayes County First School, Springfield Road, Stoke-On-Trent, ST8 7DF, in Braddocks Hay, Staffordshire. It is registered for 32 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Space CadetsThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Squirrel Hayes First School Primaryages 3–9has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected May 2025 0.2 miles
- Kingsfield First School Primaryages 3–9has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.4 miles
- Roaches School ages 5–16 0.6 miles
- Knypersley First School Primaryages 3–9has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected December 2024 0.7 miles
- Oxhey First School Primaryages 3–9has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected September 2023 0.7 miles
- Moor First School Primaryages 2–9has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 1.4 miles
- Biddulph High School Secondaryages 13–18Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.4 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 Space Cadets's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Space Cadets Good at its inspection on 24 March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Space Cadets take?
Space Cadets is registered with Ofsted for up to 32 children at any one time.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY494736 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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