Full-day nursery in Oxlease, Hertfordshire
Apple Daycare Ltd (Oxlease House)
Oxlease House, Travellers Lane, Hatfield, AL10 8TJ · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Oxlease House, Travellers Lane, Hatfield, AL10 8TJ · More nurseries in AL10
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Cooks Way and Millwards.
Parks and playgrounds
- Millwards Park4 min walk
- Steam Woods7 min walk
- Acacia Street Recreation Area8 min walk
- Howe Dell10 min walk
- Campus Accommodation Green11 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Hertfordshire there are about 2.9 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Apple Daycare Ltd (Oxlease House) is a full-day nursery at Oxlease House, Travellers Lane, Hatfield, AL10 8TJ, in Oxlease, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.3 from 8 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Apple Daycare Limited.
Run by Apple Daycare Limited (company), which runs 7 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- De Havilland Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.1 miles
- Oak View Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.5 miles
- St Philip Howard Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.5 miles
- Southfield School ages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected July 2024 0.6 miles
- Hatfield Community Free School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.6 miles
- St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School, Welham Green Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected March 2025 1.0 miles
- Countess Anne Church of England School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.1 miles
- Birchwood Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected February 2024 1.3 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Apple Daycare Ltd (Oxlease House)'s Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Apple Daycare Ltd (Oxlease House) Outstanding at its inspection on 6 March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Apple Daycare Ltd (Oxlease House) take?
Apple Daycare Ltd (Oxlease House) is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
Who runs Apple Daycare Ltd (Oxlease House)?
Apple Daycare Ltd (Oxlease House) is run by Apple Daycare Limited, which runs 7 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Apple Daycare Ltd (Oxlease House)?
Hatfield (Herts) is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Apple Daycare Ltd (Oxlease House)?
You can call 01707 270772 and visit www.birchwoodleisure.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 13 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 13 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2628731 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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