Full-day nursery in Florence Park, Oxfordshire
The Pod
The Pod, Cricket Rd, Oxford, OX4 3DR · 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
The Pod, Cricket Rd, Oxford, OX4 3DR · More nurseries in OX4
Buses
3 bus stops within 400 m, including Campbell Road and Shelley Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Florence Park2 min walk
- Cowley Marsh Recreation Ground8 min walk
- Townsend Square9 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground4 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 Pod is a full-day nursery at The Pod, Cricket Rd, Oxford, OX4 3DR, in Florence Park, Oxfordshire. It is registered for 16 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust.
Run by Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust (school), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The PodThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Your Co-Op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School Rose HillFull-day nursery | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.9 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Frideswide Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Larkrise Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.2 miles
- Comper Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- The Iffley Academy ages 5–18Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected July 2024 0.5 miles
- St Christopher's Church of England School, Cowley Primaryages 5–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.7 miles
- Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2022 0.7 miles
- Tyndale Community School Primaryages 0–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.8 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 Pod's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Pod Good at its inspection on 11 January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Pod take?
The Pod is registered with Ofsted for up to 16 children at any one time.
Who runs The Pod?
The Pod is run by Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust, which runs 2 nurseries.
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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 2613171 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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