Tiny Stars
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Stoke on Trent for children from birth to 8+, open 08:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 2016, with 72 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 Stoke-on-Trent
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Stoke-on-Trent 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
ST3 1QYWhat 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, 13 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
All children feel happy, safe and secure in this nursery. This is because of a wellestablished key-person system that helps children form secure attachments with staff. This promotes children's well-being early on as they settle at this nursery.
Children engage well in their play and learning. The curriculum has been planned with ambitious endpoints in mind. There is a strong focus on promoting children's language skills. This means that children who speak English as an additional language (EAL) and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
make good developmental progress.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure activities are well sequenced to build on what children already know and what they need to learn next.
- 13 September 2024Good
- 26 November 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Tiny Stars
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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