Sessional pre-school in Kidlington, Oxfordshire
Skips
West Kidlington School, Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 1EA · 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 September 2004Reference EY294341Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 6 December 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places30 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 29 March 2017Food 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
West Kidlington School, Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 1EA · More nurseries in OX5
Stations
- Oxford Parkway23 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Churchill Road, Evans Lane and Evans Court.
Parks and playgrounds
- Exeter Close Park9 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground9 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 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.
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Skips is a sessional pre-school at West Kidlington School, Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 1EA, in Kidlington, Oxfordshire. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kidlington Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected July 2025 under 0.1 miles
- West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Edward Feild Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2022 0.3 miles
- North Kidlington Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.6 miles
- William Fletcher Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 1.4 miles
- Gosford Hill School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.1 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 Skips's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Skips Good at its inspection on 6 December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Skips take?
Skips is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Skips?
Oxford Parkway is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 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 EY294341 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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