Sessional pre-school in Duston, West Northamptonshire
Noah's Ark Playgroup
St. Crispin Drive, Duston, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 4UL · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
St. Crispin Drive, Duston, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 4UL · More nurseries in NN5
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including St Crispin Village, St Crispin Drive and St Mary's House.
Parks and playgrounds
- St Crispin Park2 min walk
- St Luke's Field11 min walk
- St Crispin Drive Play Park playground2 min walk
- Marina Park Play Park playground7 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 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.
What parents say
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Noah's Ark Playgroup is a sessional pre-school at St. Crispin Drive, Duston, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 4UL, in Duston, West Northamptonshire. It is registered for 26 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah's Ark PlaygroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Freestyle Wraparound Care - The Duston School Primary PhaseFull-day nursery | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Caring KindergartensFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
| Ashbourne Day Nurseries at MillwayFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Quinton House School ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- The Duston School All-throughages 4–18Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.5 miles
- Millway Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2024 0.7 miles
- Upton Meadows Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2022 0.8 miles
- Hopping Hill Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.9 miles
- Duston Eldean Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.9 miles
- Chiltern Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2024 1.1 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 Noah's Ark Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Noah's Ark Playgroup Good at its inspection on 17 May 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Noah's Ark Playgroup take?
Noah's Ark Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 26 children at any one time.
How do I contact Noah's Ark Playgroup?
You can call 01604 589043 and visit www.noahsark-playgroup.co.uk.
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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 EY371691 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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