Sessional pre-school in Ouse Acres, York
Rainbow Preschool
Carr Junior School, Ostman Road, York, YO26 5QA · 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 July 2008Reference EY372857Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 24 February 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places31 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 13 June 2025Food 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
Carr Junior School, Ostman Road, York, YO26 5QA · More nurseries in YO26
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Almsford Road, Garden Court and Carr Infant School.
Parks and playgrounds
- Sovereign Park7 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Sovereign Park play area playground8 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 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 York 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.
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Rainbow Preschool is a sessional pre-school at Carr Junior School, Ostman Road, York, YO26 5QA, in Ouse Acres, York. It is registered for 31 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow PreschoolThis 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
- Carr Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Carr Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery class under 0.1 miles
- Poppleton Road Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.5 miles
- Acomb Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected September 2023 0.8 miles
- Hob Moor Community Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 0.9 miles
- Hob Moor Oaks Academy ages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 0.9 miles
- Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primaryages 5–11 1.0 miles
- Westfield Primary Community School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2023 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 Rainbow Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Rainbow Preschool Good at its inspection on 24 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Rainbow Preschool take?
Rainbow Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 31 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Rainbow Preschool?
Poppleton is the nearest station we know of, 1.2 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
- 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY372857 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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