Ashgate Nursery School
Nursery school · Local authority nursery school · ages 2 to 5 · Mixed
18 Stepping Lane, Derby, DE1 1GJ
- Pupils68
- Ages2 to 5
- Latest Ofsted3 Mar 2026
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date. This school has a new report card and an older inspection: Ofsted says “the new grades can’t be compared to the old ones”.
Report card · 3 Mar 2026
Category of concern: Special measures. What this means.
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- AchievementUrgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
- Personal development and well-beingNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
- SafeguardingMet
Report card grades run from Exceptional to Urgent improvement (five steps, left to right). Ofsted says “expected standard” means the school is doing everything it should — “It’s a high standard”. What the grades mean.
S8 No Formal Designation Visit · report published 26 May 2026
Ungraded inspection · 29 Mar 2023
Outcome: School remains Good. An ungraded inspection checks whether a school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection; it doesn’t give new grades.
Ungraded inspection · report published 21 May 2023
Read the full reports on Ofsted’s website (opens in a new tab) — they explain the reasons behind each grade.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
- Pupils
- 68
26 girls, 42 boys - Eligible for free school meals
- 0% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)
Pupils with SEN support
Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.
2024/25
Pupils with an EHC plan
An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.
2024/25
Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years
2024/25
First language not English
This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.
2024/25
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Derby
- Parliamentary constituency
- Derby North
- URN
- 112479 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
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How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.