Sessional pre-school in Spring Park, West Northamptonshire
Highfield Pre-School
The Pastures Community Centre, Welford Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 8PN · 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
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Pastures Community Centre, Welford Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 8PN · More nurseries in NN2
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including The Windmill PH, Sherwood Ave opp and Sherwood Avenue adj.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © 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 West Northamptonshire there are about 3.2 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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Highfield Pre-School is a sessional pre-school at The Pastures Community Centre, Welford Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 8PN, in Spring Park, West Northamptonshire. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Whitehills Nursery School Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.3 miles
- Whitehills Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected February 2025 0.3 miles
- Buckton Fields Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- Kingsthorpe Village Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.7 miles
- Purple Oaks Academy ages 3–18Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2022 0.9 miles
- The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 1.0 miles
- Green Oaks Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.0 miles
- Sunnyside Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 1.0 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 Highfield Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Highfield Pre-School Good at its inspection on 22 June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Highfield Pre-School take?
Highfield 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.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY341221 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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