Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire · OX7 5DZ
Inspected by Ofsted on 20 November 2025 under the report card framework.
Each area is judged separately. Expected standard is the bar every provider has to clear — meeting it is the pass, not a mediocre result.
Below the expected standard in this area. It has to be put right, but it is not judged urgent.
Below the expected standard in this area. It has to be put right, but it is not judged urgent.
Below the expected standard in this area. It has to be put right, but it is not judged urgent.
Clearly better than the expected standard in this area, though not exceptional.
Clearly better than the expected standard in this area, though not exceptional.
Below the expected standard in this area. It has to be put right, but it is not judged urgent.
On the Early Years Register and the Compulsory Childcare Register and the Voluntary Childcare Register.
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire · OX7 5DZ. Location from the Ofsted register.
Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall rating rather than grading each area.
ACE Early Years in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire was last inspected on 20 November 2025. That inspection used Ofsted's report card framework, which replaced single-word overall ratings for early years settings in November 2025.
Ofsted graded 6 areas: curriculum and teaching — Needs Attention; achievement — Needs Attention; behaviour and routines — Needs Attention; welfare and wellbeing — Strong Standard; inclusion — Strong Standard; leadership and governance — Needs Attention. Each area is judged separately, so a setting can be stronger in one than another.
Yes. Expected standard is the bar every provider has to clear, so meeting it is the pass rather than a mediocre result. Strong standard and exceptional sit above it; needs attention and urgent improvement sit below.
ACE Early Years is registered for children aged 0 to 3.
ACE Early Years is registered for up to 40 children at any one time. That is a registration limit, not the number currently attending.
ACE Early Years has been registered with Ofsted since 29 December 1998. Its unique reference number (URN) is 133481.