Lydalls Nursery School

State-Funded School

lydalls-nursery-school-oxfordshire-south-east

South EastRegion

OxfordshireLocal Authority

Didcot and WantageConstituency

OX11 7HXPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Lydalls Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 3–5, located in Oxfordshire, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 60 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

63%

Asian

17%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Pupils

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

38%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 3 – 5
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 60
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
27 Nov 2023	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good
29 Mar 2017	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.