Sessional pre-school in Banbury, Oxfordshire
St Mary's Playgroup
THE FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE, HORSEFAIR, BANBURY, OX16 0AE · 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
THE FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE, HORSEFAIR, BANBURY, OX16 0AE · More nurseries in OX16
Stations
- Banbury12 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Horse Fair, Calthorpe Street and High Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- People's Park2 min walk
- Spiceball Country Park9 min walk
- Bridge Street Park10 min walk
- Easington Park10 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Kids Playzone 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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St Mary's Playgroup is a sessional pre-school at THE FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE, HORSEFAIR, BANBURY, OX16 0AE, in Banbury, Oxfordshire. It is registered for 26 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 4 reviews (October 2026).
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| St Mary's PlaygroupThis 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
- St John's Priory School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.2 miles
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Banbury Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2022 0.3 miles
- Harriers Banbury Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.3 miles
- Frank Wise School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.6 miles
- Queensway School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.6 miles
- Dashwood Banbury Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.7 miles
- Orchard Fields Community School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected November 2024 0.7 miles
- St John's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.8 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 St Mary's Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Mary's Playgroup Good at its inspection on 8 November 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St Mary's Playgroup take?
St Mary's Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 26 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to St Mary's Playgroup?
Banbury is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact St Mary's Playgroup?
You can call 07930 122736 and visit www.stmarysplaygroupbanbury.uk.
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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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 133606 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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