Widcombe Acorns Pre-School and Forest School: Ofsted & Fees

Widcombe Acorns Pre-School and Forest School

IndependentForest School

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St Marks Community Centre, St Marks Road, BA2 4PA

St Marks Community Centre, St Marks Road, BA2 4PA Website 01225 445446

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OutstandingJul 2025View full report

OutstandingJul 2025

Inspected Jul 2025 · View report

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Inspection · Outstanding, Jul 2025 (1 year ago)

Source · Ofsted · Inspected Jul 2025

Type

Forest School

Age Range

Not published

Registered Places

Registration

Active

Ofsted Registers

EYR

Provider Type

Full Day Care

Deprivation (IMD)

Decile 9/10 (1 = most deprived)

Registered Since

Oct 1975

Food Hygiene

5/5

Funded provision

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Key metrics · Absence, staffing and capacity

Key admissions dates ·

The area · Deprivation decile 9 of 10 (IMD 2025)

Place & Setting

Local Context

Area deprivation

IMD Decile 9Least deprived

Food hygiene

Planning flood zone (ignores defences)Zone 1

Heritage status

World Heritage Site+2 more

Around the schoolcrime · road safety · green space · air quality · heritage

Heritage designations

3 designations matched to Widcombe Acorns Pre-School and Forest School or its setting.

City of Bath
Historic England · England · on site · amended Jan 2008
World Heritage Site
15-18, ST MARK'S ROAD
Historic England · England · within 25 m · designated Aug 1975 · amended Oct 2010
Grade II
7-14, ST MARK'S ROAD
Historic England · England · within 25 m · designated Aug 1975 · amended Oct 2010
Grade II

Source: Historic England · England. Updated Sep 2026. Match: 25 m PostGIS spatial join from the school’s point location to each designation polygon.

Neighbourhood safety· within ½ mileWell above LA average

Crimes per month 278

Bath and North East Somerset peer median: 33 per month

12-month total3,336

Top categories

Violent crime

1,035 (31%)

Shoplifting

648 (19%)

Anti-social behaviour

532 (16%)

and 11 smaller categories

Source: data.police.uk · ½ mile radius · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · vs 233 Bath and North East Somerset schools.

Road Safety Nearby

Recorded collisions within 500m (2021–2025)27

Source: DfT road safety data

Greenspace Nearby

Greenspace sites within 800m28

Nearest site45m

Includes6 public parks, 1 playing fields, 5 play spaces, 3 sports facilities, 6 allotments

Source: OS Open Greenspace

Air Quality

Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂): modelled annual mean for the school's 1 km square, with the yardsticks that apply
Item	µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)	8.8 µg/m³
The legal limit in England (40)	40
The WHO guideline (10)	10

Within the legal limit in England (40) · within the WHO guideline (10)

Fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅): modelled annual mean for the school's 1 km square, with the yardsticks that apply
Item	µg/m³
Fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅)	7.8 µg/m³
The legal limit in England (20)	20
England’s 2040 target (10)	10
The WHO guideline (5)	5

Within the legal limit in England (20) · within England’s 2040 target (10) · above the WHO guideline (5)

Particulate matter (PM₁₀): modelled annual mean for the school's 1 km square, with the yardsticks that apply
Item	µg/m³
Particulate matter (PM₁₀)	13.7 µg/m³
The legal limit in England (40)	40
The WHO guideline (15)	15

Within the legal limit in England (40) · within the WHO guideline (15)

Modelled annual mean for 2025, for the 1 km square containing the school. Not a measurement.

Source: DEFRA, Air quality compliance assessment 2025: modelled data and reports (GOV.UK) (CMAQ-Urban model) © Crown copyright, Defra. Open Government Licence v3.0Limits and guideline: The Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010, Schedule 2; WHO global air quality guidelines (2021), Table 0.1; The Environmental Targets (Fine Particulate Matter) (England) Regulations 2023, regulation 4

Data from:Inspection: Jul 2025Profile updated: Sep 2026

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Widcombe Acorns Pre-School and Forest School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Widcombe Acorns Pre-School and Forest School's early years overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged Widcombe Acorns Pre-School and Forest School's early years overall effectiveness as Outstanding at its inspection in July 2025, on Ofsted's own scale.

Where is Widcombe Acorns Pre-School and Forest School located?

Widcombe Acorns Pre-School and Forest School is located in Bath, BA2 4PA, Bath and North East Somerset.

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