Full-day nursery in Ripley, Derbyshire
Jen's Xplorers
First Floor, Victoria Place, Victoria Road, Ripley, DE5 3FW · 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
First Floor, Victoria Place, Victoria Road, Ripley, DE5 3FW · More nurseries in DE5
Buses
18 bus stops within 400 m, including Pasteur Avenue, Jura Avenue and Market Place.
Parks and playgrounds
- Crossley Park1 min walk
- Charnwood Drive Park10 min walk
- Pit Top12 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground11 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 Derbyshire there are about 3.4 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.
What parents say
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Jen's Xplorers is a full-day nursery at First Floor, Victoria Place, Victoria Road, Ripley, DE5 3FW, in Ripley, Derbyshire. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (November 2026).
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| Jen's XplorersThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Lons Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.2 miles
- Ripley Nursery School Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2023 0.2 miles
- Ripley Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- Ripley Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.5 miles
- Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.7 miles
- Waingroves Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 1.3 miles
- Codnor Community Primary School Church of England Controlled Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 1.5 miles
- Swanwick Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 1.5 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 Jen's Xplorers's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Jen's Xplorers Good at its inspection on 22 June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Jen's Xplorers take?
Jen's Xplorers is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
How do I contact Jen's Xplorers?
You can call 07731 891247.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 November 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.
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Last checked 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2630962 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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