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Ashgate Nursery School

NurseryAges 2–5Local authority nursery school

Derby, DE1 1GJ · Derby local authority

Derby’s School Grade C− better than 24% of towns in England

How full
68 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
0%
0 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Ashgate Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 0% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, March 2026: achievement urgent improvement, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DE1 1) sold for a median £140,000; Derby’s is £220,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

64 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
29.7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
26.6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 44%Boys 56%
Its letter

No letter for Ashgate Nursery School

Nursery schools sit no national tests, so there’s no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting March 2026. Special measures

SafeguardingMet
AchievementUrgent improvement
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
InclusionNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
Personal development and well-beingNeeds attention
Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement

Before the report card: Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, March 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Ashgate Nursery School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in DE1 1, the school’s postcode sector

Derby property prices →
£140,000
median sale, 99 sales in 36 months · Derby £220,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025DE1 1Derby
DE1 1Derby

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Semi-detached
£155K
Terraced
£151K
Flat
£110K
DE1 1Derby

Homes in DE1 1 sell for well under Derby’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

27 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDDB−BD−C+DA−B−C−D−AC+DD−C−C+A−D−AC−C−CAshgate Nursery School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Derby, DE1 1GJ

Ashgate Nursery School: common questions

What is Ashgate Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (March 2026) gave a report card: achievement urgent improvement, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Ashgate Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, DE1 1, sold for a median £140,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (99 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Derby’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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