Sessional pre-school in Elson, Shropshire
Ellesmere Ducklings Pre-School
Ellesmere Pre-School Unit, Ellesmere Primary School, Elson Road, Ellesmere, SY12 9EU · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Ellesmere Pre-School Unit, Ellesmere Primary School, Elson Road, Ellesmere, SY12 9EU · More nurseries in SY12
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground12 min walk
- Playground12 min walk
© OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Shropshire there are about 3 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
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Ellesmere Ducklings Pre-School is a sessional pre-school at Ellesmere Pre-School Unit, Ellesmere Primary School, Elson Road, Ellesmere, SY12 9EU, in Elson, Shropshire. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Ellesmere Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.3 miles
- Criftins CofE Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected November 2022 1.6 miles
- Lakelands Academy Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.6 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Ellesmere Ducklings Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Ellesmere Ducklings Pre-School Good at its inspection on 2 May 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Ellesmere Ducklings Pre-School take?
Ellesmere Ducklings Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 224090 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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