Ladygrove Day Nursery And Nursery School
Good★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Didcot for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2025. Open since 2017, with 102 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 Oxfordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Oxfordshire 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
OX11 7XTWhat 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, 16 September 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children demonstrate that they are settled, happy and confident within the nursery.
They benefit from a good range of activities that are planned purposefully to meet individual learning needs and developmental stages, ensuring all children are supported effectively. All children have their individual needs met well. Staff are good role models and, overall, maintain a welcoming and clean environment for children to play and learn within.
Staff are kind and considerate to the children. They implement a good curriculum that is focused on developing children's curiosity and independence well. For example, children of all ages have fun exploring with a wide range of sensory materials, such as mixing flour with ice water and mark making. Activities such as these help children to develop their finger muscles as they manipulate, stretch and explore the materials in their hands.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- further extend the information shared with parents and strengthen consistency between home and the nursery n sharpen the monitoring and evaluating of staff practice to help to identify any inconsistencies and raise the already good levels of practice even higher.
- 16 September 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 23 January 2020Good
- 30 July 2019Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ladygrove Day Nursery And Nursery School
- 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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