Sessional pre-school in Paradise, Hertfordshire
Boxmoor Hall Pre School
Hemel Hempstead Sports Centre, Park Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1JS · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since September 2004Reference EY289559Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 5 December 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places28 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 5 December 2023Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Hemel Hempstead Sports Centre, Park Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1JS · More nurseries in HP1
Stations
- Hemel Hempstead17 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
17 bus stops within 400 m, including Riverside, Park Road and St John's Church.
Parks and playgrounds
- Plough Gardens3 min walk
- War Memorial Gardens3 min walk
- Water Gardens4 min walk
- Heath Park4 min walk
- Balderson's Moor4 min walk
- Playground6 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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Boxmoor Hall Pre School is a sessional pre-school at Hemel Hempstead Sports Centre, Park Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1JS, in Paradise, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Boxmoor Hall Pre SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Heath Lane Nursery School Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.3 miles
- South Hill Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.3 miles
- Boxmoor Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.5 miles
- Tudor Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 0.6 miles
- Lockers Park School ages 5–14 0.6 miles
- St Rose's Catholic Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.7 miles
- The Collett School ages 4–16Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 0.8 miles
- Gade Valley Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2022 0.9 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 Boxmoor Hall Pre School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Boxmoor Hall Pre School Good at its inspection on 5 December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Boxmoor Hall Pre School take?
Boxmoor Hall Pre School is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Boxmoor Hall Pre School?
Hemel Hempstead is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY289559 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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