Ashwell Playgroup: Ofsted & Fees 2026

Ashwell Playgroup

IndependentDay Nursery

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Village Hall, West End, SG7 5PJ

Village Hall, West End, SG7 5PJ 07565 528194

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GoodMay 2021View full report

GoodMay 2021

Inspected May 2021 · View report

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Inspection · Good, May 2021 (5 years ago)

Source · Ofsted · Inspected May 2021

Type

Private Day Nursery

Age Range

Not published

Registered Places

Registration

Active

Ofsted Registers

EYR

Provider Type

Full Day Care

Deprivation (IMD)

Decile 8/10 (1 = most deprived)

Registered Since

May 1975

Food Hygiene

5/5

Funded provision

Accepts funded entitlements (verify with setting)

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Key metrics · Absence, staffing and capacity

Key admissions dates ·

The area · Deprivation decile 8 of 10 (IMD 2025)

Place & Setting

Local Context

Area deprivation

IMD Decile 8Least deprived

Food hygiene

Planning flood zone (ignores defences)Zone 1

Heritage status

Grade II

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

Heritage designations

One designation matched to Ashwell Playgroup or its setting.

GRANARY AT WESTBURY FARM, IMMEDIATELY EAST OF FARMHOUSE
Historic England · England · within 25 m · designated Nov 1984
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 mileBelow LA average

Crimes per month 4

Hertfordshire peer median: 38 per month

12-month total45

Top categories

Violent crime

18 (40%)

Anti-social behaviour

7 (16%)

Other theft

5 (11%)

and 7 smaller categories

Source: data.police.uk · ½ mile radius · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · vs 1,550 Hertfordshire schools.

Road Safety Nearby

Recorded collisions within 500m (2021–2025)1

Source: DfT road safety data

Greenspace Nearby

Greenspace sites within 800m5

Nearest site182m

Includes1 public parks, 1 sports facilities, 1 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)	8.2 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)	8.2 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

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Ashwell Playgroup: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Ashwell Playgroup's early years overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged Ashwell Playgroup's early years overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in May 2021, on Ofsted's own scale.

Where is Ashwell Playgroup located?

Ashwell Playgroup is located in BALDOCK, SG7 5PJ, Hertfordshire.

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