Full-day nursery in Drayton, Oxfordshire
NOA's Ark Nursery
North Oxfordshire Academy, Drayton Road, Banbury, OX16 0UD · 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
North Oxfordshire Academy, Drayton Road, Banbury, OX16 0UD · More nurseries in OX16
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including North Oxfordshire Academy, Barley Mow and Berkeley Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Trinity Park4 min walk
- Centre Green7 min walk
- Sandford Green8 min walk
- Sussex Road Park9 min walk
- Hardwick Park12 min walk
- Playground4 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.
What parents say
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NOA's Ark Nursery is a full-day nursery at North Oxfordshire Academy, Drayton Road, Banbury, OX16 0UD, in Drayton, Oxfordshire. It is registered for 53 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by United Learning Trust.
Run by United Learning Trust (charity), which runs 2 nurseries.
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| NOA's Ark NurseryThis 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
- William Morris Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected July 2025 0.3 miles
- Hardwick Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 0.5 miles
- Hill View Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.6 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Banbury Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.8 miles
- Orchard Fields Community School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected November 2024 1.0 miles
- Hanwell Fields Community School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 1.0 miles
- Frank Wise School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 1.1 miles
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2022 1.3 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 NOA's Ark Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated NOA's Ark Nursery Good at its inspection on 19 April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can NOA's Ark Nursery take?
NOA's Ark Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 53 children at any one time.
Who runs NOA's Ark Nursery?
NOA's Ark Nursery is run by United Learning Trust, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to NOA's Ark Nursery?
Banbury is the nearest station we know of, 1.8 miles away in a straight line.
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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 EY481578 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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