Ofsted report card

Acorn Childcare Nursery

Hartford, Cheshire · CW8 1JJ

Inspected by Ofsted on 3 April 2025 under the report card framework.

Registration

Ofsted URN: EY280796
Provider type: Childcare on Non-Domestic Premises, Full day care
Registered since: 23 April 2004
Local authority: Cheshire West and Chester

On the Early Years Register and the Compulsory Childcare Register and the Voluntary Childcare Register.

Where it is

Hartford, Cheshire · CW8 1JJ. Location from the Ofsted register.

Inspection history

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall rating rather than grading each area.

27 June 2023 inspection Good
16 February 2023 inspection Inadequate
9 August 2017 inspection Good
8 January 2014 inspection Good
17 November 2008 inspection Requires Improvement
28 November 2005 inspection Good
26 October 2004 inspection Good

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Acorn Childcare Nursery in Hartford, Cheshire was last inspected on 3 April 2025. That inspection used Ofsted's report card framework, which replaced single-word overall ratings for early years settings in November 2025.

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Acorn Childcare Nursery has been registered with Ofsted since 23 April 2004. Its unique reference number (URN) is EY280796.

Nearby settings

St Wilfrid's Pre-School <1 km Fun Fest Hartford Manor <1 km Paint Pots Old School House Day Nursery <1 km Sir Leslie Martin Nursery Ltd. <1 km

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