Hamilton Drive, YORK · URN EY493889
According to Ofsted's inspection on 7 May 2026, Acomb Out Of School Club 2 trading as The Playden in Hamilton Drive, YORK was graded on 4 areas of its report card: behaviour and routines — Expected Standard; welfare and wellbeing — Strong Standard; inclusion — Expected Standard; leadership and governance — Expected Standard. Source: Little Bees Nursery Intelligence, from Ofsted's published record.
Report card — six areas graded separately.
Curriculum and teaching and Achievement were not inspected here — a setting is only graded on the areas its registration covers, so this is not a gap in its practice.
Each area is judged separately. Expected standard is the bar every provider has to clear, so meeting it is the pass rather than a mediocre result.
Earlier inspections
Hamilton Drive, YORK · YO24 4JW. Location from the Ofsted register.
On the Early Years Register and the Compulsory Childcare Register and the Voluntary Childcare Register.
Acomb Out Of School Club 2 trading as The Playden in Hamilton Drive, YORK was last inspected on 7 May 2026. That inspection used Ofsted's report card framework, which replaced single-word overall ratings for early years settings in November 2025.
Ofsted graded 4 areas: behaviour and routines — Expected Standard; welfare and wellbeing — Strong Standard; inclusion — Expected Standard; leadership and governance — Expected Standard. Each area is judged separately, so a setting can be stronger in one than another.
Ofsted did not grade curriculum and teaching or achievement at this setting. A provider is only graded on the areas its registration covers — an out-of-school club, for example, is not inspected on delivering the early years curriculum. It is not a gap in the setting's practice.
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.
Acomb Out Of School Club 2 trading as The Playden is registered for children aged 3 to 11.
Acomb Out Of School Club 2 trading as The Playden is registered for up to 80 children at any one time. That is a registration limit, not the number currently attending.
Acomb Out Of School Club 2 trading as The Playden has been registered with Ofsted since 9 September 2015. Its unique reference number (URN) is EY493889.
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