Corner House Nursery Audley Road
OutstandingBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Stoke-On-Trent for children from birth to 5, open 07:00 to 18:00, 7 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in August 2022. Open since 2005, with 67 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Cheshire East
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cheshire East from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
ST7 2UQWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 17 August 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children make exceptional progress at this warm and welcoming nursery. They are excited and eager to learn. Staff follow children's individual interests and seamlessly thread children's learning and next steps through everything children do. For example, children in the pre-school room are exploring a topic on pollution in the ocean. It is children's own questions in this area, such as 'what happens to all the rubbish?', that forms the starting point to exploring this topic. As such, children are highly motivated learners.
Children develop excellent communication and language skills while at the nursery, including those who speak English as an additional language. For example, children who have limited English when starting at the setting are supported to settle into the nursery through strategies, such as parents' voices being recorded reading core books in their home language.
The curriculum vision is linked to the metaphor of 'filling a child's bucket' with the experiences in learning they need for each stage in their journey. As an example, leaders identified that children needed support for their personal, social and emotional development following the COVID-19 pandemic. To support children's emotional literacy in a way that is meaningful to them, they implement the use of a familiar story, 'The Colour Monster'. This is weaved into all areas of practice within the nursery, and therefore children can confidently articulate and express their feelings.
- 17 August 2022Outstanding
- 6 February 2014Outstanding
- 9 January 2009Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Corner House Nursery Audley Road
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
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