Full-day nursery in Avenham, Lancashire
Oxford Gems Nursery
2 Clarendon Street, Preston, PR1 3YN · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- 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 March 2018Reference EY555571Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 16 September 2021Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places40 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 15 October 2024Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
2 Clarendon Street, Preston, PR1 3YN · More nurseries in PR1
Stations
- Preston16 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
3 bus stops within 400 m, including Tiber Street and Cardinal Newman College.
Parks and playgrounds
- Frenchwood Knoll2 min walk
- Avenham Park5 min walk
- Sebastopol Cannon Memorial Park5 min walk
- Winckley Square8 min walk
- Miller Park11 min walk
- Playground5 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 Lancashire there are about 2.7 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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Oxford Gems Nursery is a full-day nursery at 2 Clarendon Street, Preston, PR1 3YN, in Avenham, Lancashire. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 8 reviews (October 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 under 0.1 miles
- Frenchwood Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.2 miles
- Stoneygate Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.2 miles
- Imam Muhammad Zakariya School ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, Preston Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2022 0.7 miles
- St Stephen's CofE School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.8 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.9 miles
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 1.0 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 Oxford Gems Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Oxford Gems Nursery Good at its inspection on 16 September 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Oxford Gems Nursery take?
Oxford Gems Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Oxford Gems Nursery?
Preston is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Oxford Gems Nursery?
You can call 01772 555556.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY555571 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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