Full-day nursery in Carlton, Nottinghamshire
The Railway Children Playgroup
1a Duncroft Avenue, Gedling, Nottingham, NG4 3FY · 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
1a Duncroft Avenue, Gedling, Nottingham, NG4 3FY · More nurseries in NG4
Stations
- Carlton14 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Netherfield20 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Westdale Lane East, Tennyson Avenue and Victoria Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Willow Gardens5 min walk
- Burton Road Public Garden7 min walk
- Burton Road Jubilee Park7 min walk
- Willow Park8 min walk
- Conway Road Recreation Ground9 min walk
- Priory Junior 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 Nottinghamshire there are about 3.2 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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The Railway Children Playgroup is a full-day nursery at 1a Duncroft Avenue, Gedling, Nottingham, NG4 3FY, in Carlton, Nottinghamshire. It is registered for 32 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| The Railway Children PlaygroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- All Hallows CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected February 2024 0.2 miles
- Priory Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.2 miles
- Phoenix Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2022 0.3 miles
- Willow Farm Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.4 miles
- Netherfield Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2022 0.5 miles
- Haddon Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.7 miles
- The Carlton Infant Academy Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.7 miles
- The Carlton Junior Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.8 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 The Railway Children Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Railway Children Playgroup Good at its inspection on 2 September 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Railway Children Playgroup take?
The Railway Children Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 32 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to The Railway Children Playgroup?
Carlton is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
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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 EY561383 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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