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Ashgate Nursery School

Nursery · Derby · DE1 1GJ

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Urgent improvement

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Urgent improvementAttendance & behaviour: Urgent improvementPersonal development: Needs attentionInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Urgent improvementEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 3 March 2026 · report published 26 May 2026

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At a glance

68 pupils

School type
Local authority nursery school
Age range
2–5
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
0% of pupils
English as additional language
26.6% of pupils
SEN support
29.7% of pupils
EHC plan
0% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.canschoolsfederation.co.uk
URN
112479

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
42.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£13,437
Typical nursery school£12,867

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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