The Old Station Nursery Oxford

The Sadler Building, Oxford Science Park, Heatley Road, Oxford OX4 4GE
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  • The Old Station Nursery Oxford, Oxford
The Old Station Nursery Oxford, located at the heart of Oxford Science Park, caters to local families, as well as those who work within the grounds. It is ideal for working families, with easy access to the offices at the park and convenient transport links via local buses or footpaths. The nursery offers exceptional care, enriched by unique learning opportunities for your child. One such experience is child-friendly cooking classes, helping to equip children with valuable skills and deeper knowledge of the cooking process.

The nursery building is spacious, with a bright interior and a beautiful outdoor play area. It comprises of three distinct rooms, each designed to support the developmental needs of children in different age groups.

The qualified and passionate nursery team is committed to creating a welcoming atmosphere that encourages the growth and development of every child.

For children under two years, a secure and comfortable room is offered, with soft play equipment, mirrors, musical instruments, and other educational toys to facilitate exploration and learning. Activities are tailored to the individual needs, interests and abilities of each child. Toddlers can progress to a slightly more structured room with age-appropriate resources, such as books, painting materials and a 'home corner' play area.

As children approach Pre-School age, they advance to a dedicated room where the team help them to prepare for primary school. The nursery has established relationships with local schools to facilitate a smooth transition for children and parents alike. The recent implementation of the 'Brighter Learning Approach', supports in school preparation, enriching the core curriculum provision by encouraging natural curiosity and cultivating key skills, knowledge, and attitudes that promote lifelong success and happiness.

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Care Provided by The Old Station Nursery Oxford

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Privately Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Charlotte Dagg (Nursery Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 18
  • Total Places for Children
  • 77
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Funding & Fees Guide for The Old Station Nursery Oxford

  • Full Day Session £98.60 (Under 3)


    Full Day Session £98.10 (Over 3)

  • A £100 non-refundable registration fee is required to secure a place. Exact days of attendance should be confirmed no later than 6 weeks prior to the child’s start date. Any changes are subject to availability.
  • Parking

  • There is designated parking outside the nursery for convenient drop off and pick up.


The Old Station Nursery Oxford Reviews (87)

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The Old Station Nursery Oxford has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.856) out of 10, based on 27 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time The Old Station Nursery Oxford has 87 reviews.

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Review from S P (Mother of Child) published on 21 July 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Daughter loves going to nursery, she can’t run in quick enough! They really do a wonderful job, lots of entertainment, engagement, arts, craft and encouragement to try thing and be involved, we are very happy she is happy!

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

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Review from Aija D (Mother of Child) published on 18 July 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I would say the greatest nursery in Oxford! Location is brilliant, loads of nature around.
They will walk extra mile to help your child, they will always support you as a parent and also will look for ways to help if needed extra sessions.
My child needed extra support with development, and nursery
staff throughout the years looked for ways to help, one to one sessions, applied for educational support for upcoming years. My child achieved milestone with The Old Station Nursery! I will be grateful and proudly can say only great things about staff members.
Every day you receive feedback, photos and updates on development, how they spend days and always will ask if you as a parent need any help or support regarding your child!
Thank you so much from all my heart!

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

Thank you for your heartfelt review! Our team is dedicated to going the extra mile to support both the children and their parents and we're delighted to hear that you have had such a positive experience with us.
Thank you for choosing The Old Station Nursery and we appreciate your trust in us!


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Review from Lucy R (Mother of Child) published on 24 April 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I love Old Station Nursery and all the staff.
They really care and make my child feel special and always welcome and loved. My toddler absolutely loves going each day and comes home tired out from a fun-filled day. I love the updates and pictures to see what she’s been getting up to, it always looks
like the staff and children have equal amounts of fun!
Always helpful with keeping sleeping bags, dummies and cups just for your child to make it as homely as possible. No need to cart them back and forth each time! I’m so so glad I chose this nursery and it made going back to work so much easier. I know that my child is well looked after and well entertained as well as learning key skills. I can see each time she is home the positive progression in her skills, it blows me away.
I feel the staff really care too to help develop those skills and increase them each time like helping with the walker or using a pen.
Thank you to everyone there at the nursery, you are loved very much!

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

Thank you so much for your review, we really appreciate it!


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Review from M P (Mother of Child) published on 21 April 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son settled really well within 2 weeks, the key person was present most days and gave a daily update on activities and progress. He bonded really well with all members of staff in the baby room, who are friendly to all the children in the room.
Every day at drop off a staff member comes to pick
up my son at the door and asks how he is and how the previous evening/weekend was. At pick-up time, there is always someone who provides an update on what he ate, how he slept and how he played/interacted with others.
Outside space/garden is accessible to all children easily. Daily moments like activities are captured in pictures and made available through an app. Framework indicators are ranked, and progress can be tracked.
All requests from parents seem to be accommodated promptly and general communication is very good.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

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Review from T B (Mother of Child) published on 21 April 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our son has always enjoyed attending The Old Station Nursery; he comes back talking about all the things he has done. The manager and her team are super helpful, and we really appreciate the care they take with our son.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

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Review from G C (Mother of Child) published on 17 April 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My child is very happy at Old Station Nursery. His key person knows him well and they have a strong bond. We talk about his development and areas on which I would like the staff to focus on. The staff responded with competence and care to a medical emergency my child was in recently and I am very grateful
for that.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

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Review from K G (Mother of Child) published on 17 April 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The Old Station Nursery based at Oxford Science Park is absolutely amazing. My son is in the preschool setting and his key worker is so thorough with handovers and updating photos of what he’s been up to every week. Communication is great when needing to contact the settings for changes etc. Everyone
is so friendly, polite and really welcoming. As my son has progressed through nursery his old keyworkers have kept in touch and are still in contact with him which is lovely. My son absolutely loves coming here! Couldn’t recommend it anymore! Massive Thumbs up!

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

Thank you so much for your amazing review, we appreciate it!


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Review from E S (Mother of Child) published on 11 August 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our daughter, who has developmental delays and a working diagnosis of ASD loves her nursery and the wonderful staff that look after her. The nursery is very inclusive and welcoming and the staff are always cheerful, patient and very friendly. The resources are great too. Everyone is always very helpful
and we feel confident our daughter is happy, safe and cared for really well. The children also spend a lot of time outdoors in a lovely and spacious garden. I would highly recommend this setting.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

Thank you for taking the time to write this review, we really appreciate it!


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Review from C P (Mother of Child) published on 8 August 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

When you send your child to nursery you hope for a few things, they are looked after by caring individuals that are invested in their well being, the environment is safe and fun, and all their needs are met (such as good meals and snacks, timely nappy changes, naps, support when upset). But they’re
also given the opportunity to learn and explore through thoughtful and interesting activities. Old Station Nursery, Oxford achieves all this and more, my son loves attending the setting. As a business, I find Old Station Nursery, has great planning, foresight, and communication and the level of care is very high and consistent. With both daily updates, and more long-term development updates, you feel well supported as a parent and very safe in the knowledge your child is being cared for by a wonderful team of professionals, who are excellently managed.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

Thank you so much for your review, we really appreciate it! We will pass your praises on to our team!


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Review from J F (Mother of Child) published on 5 August 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

What a wonderful nursery - an amazing setting with great facilities and such wonderful caring staff who treat the children as individuals with really tailored care. Our son is always excited to go to nursery, runs in with a smile on his face and clearly gets so much care and encouragement from the whole
team. The food is a big hit too! The app is great for keeping track of updates, doing forms and payments etc though the team are always great and giving you verbal updates each day. I also want to really commend the extra effort and commitment they’ve shown over the pandemic period ensuring the children had a safe and as normal as possible environment to develop and thrive in despite the obvious pressure and anxiety on adults during this unusual time. I thoroughly recommend this wonderful nursery.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

Hi and thank you for your kind review, we really appreciate it!


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Review from Z V (Mother of Child) published on 5 August 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We absolutely love Old Station Nursery in Oxford. I had both my daughters going there full time from a very young age and they always enjoy the time spent at the nursery. Lovely and stimulating environment, nice outside space and everything is new and fresh. The staff are fantastic, caring, engaged
and always ready to help. We couldn't be happier.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

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Review from Katie L (Mother of Child) published on 26 April 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter runs into nursery every time with a happy face and full of excitement! We never have any issues and the staff are very helpful, the only thing I would change is introducing a system where we can see the fluid and food intake on the app every day, sometimes we don’t get a clear handover of
what she has eaten and drank during the day. Thank you for a lovely, safe environment for our little one.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

Thank you for taking the time to write this review, we appreciate it! As a group, we are always trying to improve our communication with our families, so thank you for your feedback!


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Review from Sophie M (Mother of Child) published on 26 April 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

As a first time mum, the staff at The Old Station Nursery were amazing at welcoming my son and making sure he was settled. They understood the anxiety as a new parent leaving your child with a stranger and comforted me as a parent offering support and advice which was amazing to feel. The staff are
open to try new routines and adjustments to suit the needs of the child. And are constantly offering support and advice. My son has an amazing bond with his key person but will happily go to any adult in the room. I feel happy knowing he has a fun-filled day at nursery. The Old Station Nursery offer some amazing activities for babies such as music, messy play, role play, song time and outdoor play. As well as ample opportunity to free flow giving the children the choice to decide. The food always goes down a treat, my son always comes home with a full tummy and a messy shirt. A sign of a fun-filled day. I couldn’t praise the baby room staff well enough! I cannot wait to see how he progresses!

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

Thank you so much for your kind words, and for taking the time to write us a review, we really appreciate it!


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Review from Ashley B (Father of Child) published on 25 April 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Since my daughter joined the nursery last year, I could not be happier with the overall experience. All the members of staff are kind, helpful and always smiling. My daughter absolutely loves it and you can tell that she is very well looked after. I have not seen the new facility properly yet but it
looks amazing from the outside.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

Thank you so much for your review, and for taking the time to write it, we really appreciate it!


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Review from Helen G (Mother of Child) published on 25 April 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My experience with the nursery continues to be an extremely positive one, the staff are incredible and have made everything from dealing with Covid to a site move smooth and uninterrupted. My daughter goes from strength to strength at this nursery, she has grown in confidence and independence and a
huge percentage of this is down to her time at Old Station Road and the impeccable level of care and support she receives there, the facilities and the team are second to none.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this review, and for your kind words, we really appreciate it!


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Review from Charlotte H (Mother of Child) published on 25 April 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My two daughters really enjoy going to nursery, especially since moving to the new building. The staff are really amazing and very attentive, telling you all about their day when you pick them up. I have so much confidence that they are being well looked after whilst I am at work, thank you.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

Thank you for taking the time to write this review, we appreciate your kind words! We are delighted to hear how well your daughters have settled into nursery!


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Review from J B (Father of Child) published on 25 April 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We've had a really positive experience for the entire year our son has attended. Staff have always been very kind, happy to help and friendly. Our son's key worker, in particular, has made an amazing attachment with him and he's always very excited to see her.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

Thank you for taking the time to write this review, we appreciate your kind words!


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Review from A M (Mother of Child) published on 25 April 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Staff are very nice and friendly. Girls are very happy.

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Review from Charlotte S (Mother of Child) published on 25 April 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My toddler is very happy at the Old Station Nursery. She gets more stimulation and undertakes more activity than I could ever provide at home. She learns a lot and the staff are great. There is a good menu and variety of food, although my one criticism would be that I would prefer that sugar was not
on the menu, which is something I have experienced at other nurseries too.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

Thank you for your feedback. Our menus change regularly and aim to provide a variety of healthy options for the children, meeting the required nutritional guidelines. We are always looking to better our menus so please do let us know if you have any particular suggestions as to what you would like to see on our menus. You can provide this feedback on letusknow@theoldstationnursery.co.uk . Thank you again!


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Review from Nicky H (Mother of Child) published on 10 February 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Absolutely wonderful nursery. The staff are fantastic and are really lovely with the children. My son loves going and comes home to tell me some fantastic stories. Highly recommended this nursery.

Reply from Beth Lewendon, Marketing Coordinator at The Old Station Nursery Oxford

Thank you for taking the time to write this review, and for your positive feedback- we really appreciate it!


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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.856)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.856) out of 10 for The Old Station Nursery Oxford is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 27 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 27 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.856 for The Old Station Nursery Oxford is calculated as follows: ( (279 Excellents x 5) + (36 Goods x 4) + (5 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 320 Ratings = 4.856

  • b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5').

    The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for The Old Station Nursery Oxford is based on 27 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4

    • ii) 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 77 number of registered child places is 15.4, which has been reached with 27 Positive reviews. Points = 1

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Charlotte

Charlotte Dagg

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Joined: 2017

Hello, I'm Charlotte and I'm the Nursery Manager here at The Old Station Nursery Oxford. I am qualified BA Hons in Early Years.


We have a really friendly team here in Oxford and enjoy following the children’s interests in all that we do. We are really convenient for parents who work on the Park, but we also welcome all local families


We look forward to welcoming you to our nursery!


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