Thorncliffe Barn
Hyde, Cheshire · SK14 8JJ
Inspected by Ofsted on 15 September 2025 under the report card framework.
Registration
- Ofsted URN
- 312316
- Provider type
- Childcare on Non-Domestic Premises, Full day care
- Registered since
- 1 January 1992
- Local authority
- Tameside
On the Early Years Register and the Compulsory Childcare Register and the Voluntary Childcare Register.
Where it is
Hyde, Cheshire · SK14 8JJ. Location from the Ofsted register.
Inspection history
Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall rating rather than grading each area.
- 4 June 2025 inspection Inadequate
- 8 August 2019 inspection Good
- 6 February 2015 inspection Good
- 8 October 2009 inspection Good
- 13 March 2007 inspection Good
- 7 July 2004 inspection Good
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Thorncliffe Barn in Hyde, Cheshire was last inspected on 15 September 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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Thorncliffe Barn has been registered with Ofsted since 1 January 1992. Its unique reference number (URN) is 312316.
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