York Road Nursery School

State-Funded School

york-road-nursery-school-hertfordshire-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

HitchinConstituency

SG5 1XAPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

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

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 108 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

79%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

108

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

27%

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: Least deprived
Total pupils: 108
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

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 4 July 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
6 Dec 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.