Full-day nursery in Headington, Oxfordshire
Sandfield Day Nursery
Sandfield Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7RH · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Sandfield Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7RH · More nurseries in OX3
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including JR Hospital Main Entrance, Manor Surgery and Sandfield Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Staunton Road Rest Area4 min walk
- Staunton Road Open Space5 min walk
- Sandfield Road Park7 min walk
- Bury Knowle Park8 min walk
- Dunstan Park11 min walk
- Playground8 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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Sandfield Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Sandfield Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7RH, in Headington, Oxfordshire. It is registered for 128 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 12 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Childbase Partnership Limited.
Run by Childbase Partnership Limited (company), which runs 44 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Headington School Oxford ages 3–19has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.4 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.5 miles
- Windmill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- New Marston Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.7 miles
- Barton Park Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.7 miles
- St Michael's CofE Primary School, Oxford City Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2022 0.8 miles
- Slade Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.9 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 Sandfield Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sandfield Day Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 31 March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Sandfield Day Nursery take?
Sandfield Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 128 children at any one time.
Who runs Sandfield Day Nursery?
Sandfield Day Nursery is run by Childbase Partnership Limited, which runs 44 nurseries.
How do I contact Sandfield Day Nursery?
You can call 01865 744200 and visit childbasepartnership.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 134033 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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