Full-day nursery in West Watford, Hertfordshire
Bright Horizons The Park Day Nursery and Preschool
3 Park Avenue, Watford, WD18 7HR · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
3 Park Avenue, Watford, WD18 7HR · More nurseries in WD18
Stations
- Watford12 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Watford High Street17 min walk · 0.7 miles
- Watford Junction18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Durban Road, Cassiobury Park Avenue and Shepherds Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Cassiobury Park3 min walk
- Harwoods Recreation Ground12 min walk
- Charter School Playground4 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground10 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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Bright Horizons The Park Day Nursery and Preschool is a full-day nursery at 3 Park Avenue, Watford, WD18 7HR, in West Watford, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 79 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited.
Run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited (company), which runs 245 nurseries.
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| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Horizons The Park Day Nursery and PreschoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Busy Bees Day Nursery at WatfordFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Chater Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected July 2024 0.1 miles
- Chater Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.2 miles
- Lanchester Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.4 miles
- Watford St John's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected February 2025 0.5 miles
- Laurance Haines School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.6 miles
- Chessbrook Education Support Centre ages 5–16Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected February 2024 0.6 miles
- Central Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.6 miles
- Field Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Bright Horizons The Park Day Nursery and Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bright Horizons The Park Day Nursery and Preschool Good at its inspection on 10 May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bright Horizons The Park Day Nursery and Preschool take?
Bright Horizons The Park Day Nursery and Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 79 children at any one time.
Who runs Bright Horizons The Park Day Nursery and Preschool?
Bright Horizons The Park Day Nursery and Preschool is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited, which runs 245 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Bright Horizons The Park Day Nursery and Preschool?
Watford is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY305263 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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