Woodcroft Nursery School

State-Funded School

woodcroft-nursery-school-essex-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

ChelmsfordConstituency

CM2 9UBPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Woodcroft Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–5, located in Essex, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 96 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

77%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

58%Boys

42%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

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: Less deprived
Total pupils: 96
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 24 May 2023. 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
20 May 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.