Full-day nursery in Summertown, Oxfordshire
The Nursery
17 Lathbury Road, Oxford, OX2 7AT · 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
17 Lathbury Road, Oxford, OX2 7AT · More nurseries in OX2
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including Lathbury Road east, Lathbury Road west and Linton Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Mrs Chu's Park7 min walk
- Aristotle Lane Recreation Ground10 min walk
- Cherwell School Ecology Garden11 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Phil & Jim's Playground10 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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The Nursery is a full-day nursery at 17 Lathbury Road, Oxford, OX2 7AT, in Summertown, Oxfordshire. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Oxford High School GDST ages 4–19 0.3 miles
- St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.4 miles
- Summer Fields School ages 4–13 0.4 miles
- Northern House Academy ages 5–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.4 miles
- Dragon School ages 4–14 0.5 miles
- St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.9 miles
- Cutteslowe Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 1.1 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 The Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 27 June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Nursery take?
The Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to The Nursery?
Oxford is the nearest station we know of, 1.3 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 EY537339 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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