Full-day nursery in Wantage, Oxfordshire
The Ark Pre-School Wantage
The Butler Centre, 17 Church Street, Wantage, OX12 8BL · 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 June 2016Reference EY499172Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 5 June 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places24 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 20 July 2018Food 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
The Butler Centre, 17 Church Street, Wantage, OX12 8BL · More nurseries in OX12
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Market Place, King Alfreds School and Sainsbury's.
Parks and playgrounds
- Betjeman Millennium Park3 min walk
- Smith's Wharf Public Greens4 min walk
- Manor Road Memorial Park7 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Smith's Wharf 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.
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The Ark Pre-School Wantage is a full-day nursery at The Butler Centre, 17 Church Street, Wantage, OX12 8BL, in Wantage, Oxfordshire. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ark Pre-School WantageThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Grovelands Park Pre-SchoolSessional pre-school | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.6 miles |
| The Montessori House LtdFull-day nursery | Report card 2026 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 2.0 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Wantage Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.3 miles
- Stockham Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.5 miles
- Fitzwaryn School ages 3–19has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.6 miles
- Huckleberry Therapeutic School ages 5–11 0.6 miles
- Charlton Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Wantage Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected May 2023 1.2 miles
- St Nicholas CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 1.2 miles
- St Johns CofE Academy All-throughages 2–16has a nursery class 1.5 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 The Ark Pre-School Wantage's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Ark Pre-School Wantage Good at its inspection on 5 June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Ark Pre-School Wantage take?
The Ark Pre-School Wantage is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
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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 EY499172 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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