Full-day nursery in Snape Hill, Derbyshire
The Avenue Nursery Dronfield
Homesdale Infant School, 27 The Avenue, DRONFIELD, S18 2LR · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Homesdale Infant School, 27 The Avenue, DRONFIELD, S18 2LR · More nurseries in S18
Stations
- Dronfield11 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
18 bus stops within 400 m, including Stonelow Green, Greendale Shopping Centre Stonelow Rd and Holmesdale Road Top.
Parks and playgrounds
- Cliffe Park5 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Cliffe Park Playground8 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground12 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 Derbyshire there are about 3.4 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 Avenue Nursery Dronfield is a full-day nursery at Homesdale Infant School, 27 The Avenue, DRONFIELD, S18 2LR, in Snape Hill, Derbyshire. It is registered for 48 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Holmesdale Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Dronfield Stonelow Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 0.1 miles
- Lenthall Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.3 miles
- Northfield Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.3 miles
- Dronfield Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.6 miles
- Dronfield Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.6 miles
- Lower Meadow Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 1.2 miles
- Gorseybrigg Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2023 1.3 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 Avenue Nursery Dronfield's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Avenue Nursery Dronfield Good at its inspection on 6 October 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Avenue Nursery Dronfield take?
The Avenue Nursery Dronfield is registered with Ofsted for up to 48 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to The Avenue Nursery Dronfield?
Dronfield is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY480812 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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