Full-day nursery in Shotover Hill, Oxfordshire
The Slade Early Years Centre and Day Nursery
Titup Hall Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8QQ · 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 April 2004Reference EY276613Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 23 May 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places22 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 21 May 2026Food 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
Titup Hall Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8QQ · More nurseries in OX3
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Foresters Tower, Community Centre and Masons Road North.
Parks and playgrounds
- Shotover Country Park8 min walk
- Broad Oak Nature Park9 min walk
- Quarry Hollow Park11 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground2 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 Slade Early Years Centre and Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Titup Hall Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8QQ, in Shotover Hill, Oxfordshire. It is registered for 22 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Wood Farm Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 under 0.1 miles
- Slade Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.1 miles
- Windmill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.4 miles
- Headington Quarry Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected July 2024 0.5 miles
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Oxford Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.7 miles
- Tyndale Community School Primaryages 0–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.9 miles
- Bayards Hill School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.9 miles
- St Francis Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2021 1.0 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 Slade Early Years Centre and Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Slade Early Years Centre and Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 23 May 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Slade Early Years Centre and Day Nursery take?
The Slade Early Years Centre and Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 22 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 EY276613 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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