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Ashgate Nursery School
Nursery · Mixed · Ages 2–5 · Council nursery school
18 Stepping Lane, Derby DE1 1GJ · canschoolsfederation.co.uk · 01332 371769
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Pupils
- 68
- Local authority
- Derby
- Free school meals
- 0%
- First language not English
- 19.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ashgate Nursery School on 3 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour: Urgent improvement
- Personal development and well-being: Needs attention
- Leadership and governance: Urgent improvement
- Inspected
- 3 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Urgent improvement |
| Attendance and behaviour | Urgent improvement |
| Personal development and well-being | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Urgent improvement |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2023Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement