Sessional pre-school in St Loye's, Devon
Ludwell Valley Centre
Ludwell Valley Centre, Ludwell Lane, EXETER, EX2 5LU · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Requires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Leadership and managementRequires improvement
- 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Ludwell Valley Centre, Ludwell Lane, EXETER, EX2 5LU · More nurseries in EX2
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Lidl, Tuckfield Close and Burnthouse Lane.
Parks and playgrounds
- Wonford Playing Fields2 min walk
- Ludwell Valley Park3 min walk
- Ivy John's Field8 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground7 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 Devon there are about 3.7 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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Ludwell Valley Centre is a sessional pre-school at Ludwell Valley Centre, Ludwell Lane, EXETER, EX2 5LU, in St Loye's, Devon. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its inspection in June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (November 2026).
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| Ludwell Valley CentreThis nursery | Requires improvement | 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
- Chestnut Nursery School - Exeter Nursery Schools Federation Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected November 2023 0.2 miles
- Wynstream Primary School Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.3 miles
- Woodwater Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.4 miles
- Devon Hospitals' Short Stay School ages 5–16Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.4 miles
- St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 0.7 miles
- Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Concerns)inspected July 2023 0.9 miles
- Magdalen Court School ages 5–18 0.9 miles
- St Nicholas Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected September 2024 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Ludwell Valley Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Ludwell Valley Centre Requires improvement at its inspection on 23 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Ludwell Valley Centre take?
Ludwell Valley Centre is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Ludwell Valley Centre?
Digby & Sowton is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
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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 EY482440 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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