Full-day nursery in The Valley, Cheshire East
Starting Point Nursery
Cheshire College South & West, Crewe Campus, Dane Bank Avenue, CREWE, CW2 8AB · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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 2010Reference EY413041Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 10 August 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places69 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 20 March 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
Cheshire College South & West, Crewe Campus, Dane Bank Avenue, CREWE, CW2 8AB · More nurseries in CW2
Stations
- Crewe23 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including South Cheshire College, Carlisle Street and Kings Grove High.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 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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Starting Point Nursery is a full-day nursery at Cheshire College South & West, Crewe Campus, Dane Bank Avenue, CREWE, CW2 8AB, in The Valley, Cheshire East. It is registered for 69 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 6 reviews (November 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Gainsborough Primary & Nursery Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2022 under 0.1 miles
- Vine Tree Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 0.2 miles
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.3 miles
- Edleston Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected July 2025 0.3 miles
- Wistaston Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected July 2024 0.5 miles
- Westminster Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.5 miles
- Pebble Brook Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.5 miles
- Lavender Field School ages 5–19 0.8 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 Starting Point Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Starting Point Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 10 August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Starting Point Nursery take?
Starting Point Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 69 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Starting Point Nursery?
Crewe is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Starting Point Nursery?
You can call 01270 654655 and visit www.ccsw.ac.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 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
- 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY413041 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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