Full-day nursery in Carterton, Oxfordshire
Little Giants Nursery
Carterton Community College, Upavon Way, Carterton, OX18 1BU · 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.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since September 2021Reference 2648095Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record2 inspectionslatest 13 March 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places70 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
Inspection history (2)
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Carterton Community College, Upavon Way, Carterton, OX18 1BU · More nurseries in OX18
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Community College, Rowan Close and Cotswold Way.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground12 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 Oxfordshire 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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Little Giants Nursery is a full-day nursery at Carterton Community College, Upavon Way, Carterton, OX18 1BU, in Carterton, Oxfordshire. It is registered for 70 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Carterton Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected October 2022 0.3 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Carterton Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.4 miles
- Edith Moorhouse Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 0.5 miles
- Gateway Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.7 miles
- St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.7 miles
- Brize Norton Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 1.5 miles
- St Peter's Church of England School, Alvescot Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 1.9 miles
- Carterton Community College Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 under 0.1 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 Little Giants Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Giants Nursery Good at its inspection on 13 March 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Giants Nursery take?
Little Giants Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 70 children at any one time.
How do I contact Little Giants Nursery?
You can call 01993 623025 and visit little-giants.co.uk.
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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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2648095 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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