Full-day nursery in Maudlands, Lancashire
TicTots Day Nursery & Creche
Total Fitness, West Strand, PRESTON, PR1 8UY · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- 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
Total Fitness, West Strand, PRESTON, PR1 8UY · More nurseries in PR1
Stations
- Preston13 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Atholl Street, Abbey St and Hartington Road P&R.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground9 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 Lancashire there are about 2.7 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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TicTots Day Nursery & Creche is a full-day nursery at Total Fitness, West Strand, PRESTON, PR1 8UY, in Maudlands, Lancashire. It is registered for 88 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Thompson (TIC TOTS) Partnership.
Run by Thompson (TIC TOTS) Partnership (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TicTots Day Nursery & CrecheThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Kensington NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.8 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Preston Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.5 miles
- English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Preston Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.7 miles
- St Stephen's CofE School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.7 miles
- The Roebuck School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.7 miles
- Imam Muhammad Zakariya School ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.9 miles
- Eldon Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.9 miles
- Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.9 miles
- St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, Preston Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2022 1.0 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 TicTots Day Nursery & Creche's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated TicTots Day Nursery & Creche Good at its inspection on 5 May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can TicTots Day Nursery & Creche take?
TicTots Day Nursery & Creche is registered with Ofsted for up to 88 children at any one time.
Who runs TicTots Day Nursery & Creche?
TicTots Day Nursery & Creche is run by Thompson (TIC TOTS) Partnership, which runs 3 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to TicTots Day Nursery & Creche?
Preston 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 EY367690 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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