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Grandpont Nursery School

Nursery · ages 2-4MixedLocal authority nursery school69 pupilsNurseryOxfordOxfordshire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
OfstedAs expected teachingOfsted report card, May 2026
Pupils from low-income families0%Far fewer than most schools
Pupils per teacher31.4School workforce census
Pupils on roll69Census January 2026

Grandpont Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Oxford for boys and girls aged 2 to 4. It has 69 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in May 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.

Whitehouse Road, Oxford, OX1 4QH01865 242900grandpontnurseryschool.co.ukMrs Natalie Wilson headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted visited on 6 May 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.

TeachingOfsted calls this “curriculum and teaching”
As expected
Achievement
As expected
Behaviour and attendanceOfsted calls this “attendance and behaviour”
As expected
Support for every childOfsted calls this “inclusion”
As expected
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development and wellbeing”
Strong
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and governance”
As expected
SafeguardingAre pupils kept safe?
Pupils are kept safe
Met
Ofsted's scale:ExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement

Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.

Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
14 June 2022UngradedSchool remains Good

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Oxfordshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll69Census January 2026
Pupils from low-income families0%0% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English42%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support15%10 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan0%0 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls38 / 31
White British pupils44%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (8), Specific learning difficulty (2).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll694427394746
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0%0%0%3%2%4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language42%52%15%21%34%44%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support18%19%31%15%15%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans0%0%0%2%0%

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers2.2full-time equivalent, 4 people
Pupils per teacher31.4Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants4.0full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£57,401
Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher10.82023/24

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£22,778England £7,738. Total £638k
Income per pupil£21,606England £7,697. Total £605k
Spent on teachers per pupil£4,838England £3,480
Money in reserve-75%In the red: -£455k, -£16k per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out-£33kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£22,778spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m31012 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate112 per 1,000 people23% higher than the England average
Typical house price£452,000Oxford
Nearest bus stop280 mWhitehouse Road, 5 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Ebbe's Church of England Aided Primary SchoolChurch of England220 m252Good 202468Compare
New Hinksey Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England600 m85Not inspected23Compare
Oxford Media & Business SchoolMiscellaneous700 mNot inspectedCompare
Christ Church Cathedral SchoolIndependent750 m128Not inspectedCompare
Activate LearningFurther education800 mNot inspectedCompare
Cherwell College OxfordIndependent0.7 miles20Not inspectedCompare
Magdalen College SchoolIndependent0.8 miles938Not inspectedCompare
The Eckersley School of EnglishMiscellaneous0.8 milesNot inspectedCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Grandpont Nursery School a good school?

Grandpont Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from May 2026 rated its teaching as as expected.

What is Grandpont Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 6 May 2026 it rated teaching as as expected, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as as expected, leadership as as expected.

How many pupils does Grandpont Nursery School have?

69 pupils aged 2 to 4 were on the roll in January 2026.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Whitehouse Road, Oxford, OX1 4QH
Telephone
01865 242900
Website
www.grandpontnurseryschool.co.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Natalie Wilson
Type of school
Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Nursery school, ages 2-4, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Oxfordshire
Ward
Hinksey Park
Constituency
Oxford East
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
122969 · LAESTAB 9311010

Where these figures come from