Orchards Day Nursery
Heaton Moor, Stockport · SK4 4LU
Inspected by Ofsted on 25 April 2025 under the report card framework.
Registration
- Ofsted URN
- EY217002
- Provider type
- Childcare on Non-Domestic Premises, Full day care
- Registered since
- 28 February 2002
- Local authority
- Stockport
On the Early Years Register and the Compulsory Childcare Register and the Voluntary Childcare Register.
Where it is
Heaton Moor, Stockport · SK4 4LU. Location from the Ofsted register.
Inspection history
Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall rating rather than grading each area.
- 25 June 2019 inspection Good
- 14 August 2018 inspection Requires Improvement
- 13 July 2015 inspection Good
- 30 October 2014 inspection Requires Improvement
- 30 April 2009 inspection Good
- 21 February 2006 inspection Requires Improvement
- 20 May 2003 inspection Requires Improvement
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Orchards Day Nursery in Heaton Moor, Stockport was last inspected on 25 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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Orchards Day Nursery has been registered with Ofsted since 28 February 2002. Its unique reference number (URN) is EY217002.
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