What Ofsted grade does ACE Early Years have?

ACE Early Years has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 20 November 2025. Its most common grade is needs attention in 4 of 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.

How many children can ACE Early Years take?

Ofsted registers ACE Early Years for 40 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Chipping Norton has 51.

How much does ACE Early Years cost?

ACE Early Years sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in South East charges £202 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.

Does ACE Early Years offer 30 hours free childcare?

Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask ACE Early Years how it offers them.

When was ACE Early Years last inspected?

Ofsted last inspected ACE Early Years on 20 November 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.

Which nurseries are near ACE Early Years?

Nearby in OX7: Ascott-under-Wychwood Pre-School, Banana Moon Day Nursery Chipping Norton, Rosewood Nursery.

ACE Early Years

Day nursery in Chipping Norton, OX7. Part of the Oxfordshire council area.

Burford Road, Chipping Norton, OX7 5DZ

40 places

1998 registered with Ofsted

7 of 7 in our Chipping Norton ranking

£144 a week, 50 hours for a 3 year old, South East average

What Ofsted found

Needs attention in 4 of 6 Inspected 20 November 2025

Ofsted report card for ACE Early Years
Area	Grade	What the grade means
Inclusion	Strong standard	Better than the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Curriculum and teaching	Needs attention	Not yet at the expected standard; the nursery has to improve this.
Achievement	Needs attention	Not yet at the expected standard; the nursery has to improve this.
Behaviour, attitudes and routines	Needs attention	Not yet at the expected standard; the nursery has to improve this.
Children’s welfare and well-being	Strong standard	Better than the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Leadership and governance	Needs attention	Not yet at the expected standard; the nursery has to improve this.
Safeguarding	Met	Ofsted found the nursery keeps children safe in the ways the law requires.

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What a place could cost

ACE Early Years sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in South East, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.

Child's age	You pay a week	About a month
From 9 months to 2	£161	£511
2 years old	£152	£480
3 to 4 years old	£144	£457

A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.

ACE Early Years against Chipping Norton

	ACE Early Years	Chipping Norton average
Places	40	51
Ofsted outcome	Needs attention in 4 of 6	86% rated Good or better

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Questions parents ask about ACE Early Years

What Ofsted grade does ACE Early Years have?: ACE Early Years has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 20 November 2025. Its most common grade is needs attention in 4 of 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.
How many children can ACE Early Years take?: Ofsted registers ACE Early Years for 40 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Chipping Norton has 51.
How much does ACE Early Years cost?: ACE Early Years sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in South East charges £202 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
Does ACE Early Years offer 30 hours free childcare?: Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask ACE Early Years how it offers them.
When was ACE Early Years last inspected?: Ofsted last inspected ACE Early Years on 20 November 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
Which nurseries are near ACE Early Years?: Nearby in OX7: Ascott-under-Wychwood Pre-School, Banana Moon Day Nursery Chipping Norton, Rosewood Nursery.

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.