Slade Nursery School

State-Funded School

slade-nursery-school-oxfordshire-south-east

South EastRegion

OxfordshireLocal Authority

Oxford EastConstituency

OX3 8QQPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Slade Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–5, located in Oxfordshire, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 99 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 14 Apr 2026 · published 20 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

34%

Asian

33%

Black

Mixed

21%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

58%Boys

42%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

37%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 5
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 99
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 18 May 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
14 Mar 2013	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.