Pre-school groups in Headington area
Parent and toddler groups
- Baby College, New Marston Pastoral Centre, Jack Straw’s Lane
Mon afternoons. For parents and babies in three age-groups: 0–9 months, 9–18 months and 18 months-3 years. Tel. 01865 436920, or email Bea Waterfield - Roundabout Centre
"Stay and Play" sessions Mon, Wed, Thu 9.15–2.00 at the Roundabout Centre, Ormerod School
Tue 9.30–11.30 at Barton Neightbourhood Centre
Tel. 01865 764952 - Busy Bees Music Group, Headington Community Centre, Gladstone Road. Fun music classes for preschool children run on Tuesday mornings in term-time. Sessions for the whole family, for toddlers and a special baby class for little babies from 2 months to too wriggly. Cost £2.70/family/session includes coffee. Tel. 01235 521039 or email Rachel
- Gôuter Club, The Coach House, Quarry Road
Fridays 1.30 –3pm. French-speaking toddler group. £2 per family. Bookings: 01865 422087 or email - Headington Baptist Church Toddler Group, Headington Baptist Church, 78 Old High Street, Headington. Tuesdays, 9.30–11.30am (tel. 01865 432436)
- Little Sharks, All Saints Church Hall, New
High Street
Mondays, 9.30–11.30am - Marston/Northway Sure Start Children's Centre, New Marston Primary School, Copse Lane (tel. 01865 761560) Email
- Quarry Toddlers, Headington Nursery School, Quarry School Place. 01865 762345
Thursdays, 9.30–11.30am - Risinghurst Toddler Group, Risinghurst Community Centre. 01865 751261
Friday mornings - St Nicholas Baby and Toddler Group, St Nicholas Church Hall, Elsfield Road. Tel. 01865 250990
Wednesdays, 10–11.30am, termtime - Scallywags, Northway Evangelical Church, Sutton
Road. 01865 872718
Mondays (term-time) 9.15-11.15 am - Splat! Toddler Group, St Ebbe's church, Lime Walk. Messy play for pre-school children, Wednesdays, 10–12noon. 01865 453226 or email
- Sunbeams Mother & Toddler Group, Cornerstone Church, Quarry High Street.
Every Friday in termtime, 10–11.30am - Tumbletots in Headington: see Tumbletots in Oxford site
- The Young Ones Toddler Group, Coach house, Quarry Road. Thursdays, 2–4pm. Newborn to 2 years old. Lots of toys, craft table, refreshments and music. More information from Julie Francis (tel. 01865 750197)
Neighbourhood playgroups/nurseries
- Cherry Tree Nursery, Gladstone Road Community Centre. Parent-run charity with inexpensive sessions for two- to three-year-olds (£3.25 for 2½-hour session). Free places for three- to five-year-olds with nursery grant, and full daycare (9.15am to 2.45pm) for parents who require it. Tel. 01865 769794
- Mortimer Hall Playgroup, Oxford Road, Old Marston (tel. 01865 724188)
- New Marston Pre-School, St Michael’s School, Marston Road (tel. 01865 798320)
- Roundabout Centre Day Nursery, Ormerod School, Waynflete Road (tel. 01865 764952)
Private Nurseries
- ABC Nursery, 11 Sandfield Road (tel. 01865 439051)
- Beech Tree Nursery School, Rye St Antony, Pullens Lane (tel. 01865 229215)
- Hunsdon House Nursery School, 15 Osler Road (tel. 01865 762704)
- Julia Durbin Day Nursery (Child Base), Roosevelt Drive, Old Road
(for children of NHS staff: tel: 01865 744448 or Email - Kids Unlimited, Dorothea Beale House, 32B Jack Straw’s Lane: tel. 01865 432410
- Kiddies' Korner, Headington Quarry Hall, Margaret Road: tel. 01865 766762
- Oxford Brookes University Nursery, Morrell Hall, John Garne Way: tel. 01865 485050
- Phoenix Montessori Nursery, Dunstan Road
Tel. 01865 767836/326232 - Pippins Day Nursery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
Tel. 01865 227872 - Sandfield Day Nursery (Child Base), Sandfield Road
(for children of NHS staff: tel. 01865 744200, or Email) - Slade Day Nursery, Titup Hall Drive,
OX3 8QQ,
01865 750670
State Nursery schools
See Slade & Headington Children's Centre for both Headington's two nursery schools:
- Slade Nursery School, Titup Hall Drive, Wood Farm (tel. 01865 750670): see
- Headington
Quarry Foundation Stage School, Quarry School Place
(also offers daycare for the whole day and during the holidays for 3- to 5-year-olds)
Note that the following primary schools also have a nursery section:
- Bayards Hill Primary School, Barton
- New Marston Primary School, Marston
- St Nicholas Primary School, Marston
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