Full-day nursery in Blasford Hill, Essex
Broomfield Hospital Day Nursery School
Broomfield Hospital Grounds, Puddings Wood Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 7SS · 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.
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
Broomfield Hospital Grounds, Puddings Wood Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 7SS · More nurseries in CM1
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground12 min walk
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Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Essex 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.
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Broomfield Hospital Day Nursery School is a full-day nursery at Broomfield Hospital Grounds, Puddings Wood Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 7SS, in Blasford Hill, Essex. It is registered for 51 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 5 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Seymour House Ltd..
Run by Seymour House Ltd. (company), which runs 12 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Broomfield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.9 miles
- Great Waltham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 1.1 miles
- Little Waltham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2023 1.2 miles
- The Bridge Columbus ages 3–19Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected May 2025 1.6 miles
- Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 1.6 miles
- Tanglewood Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.8 miles
- St Pius X Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 1.8 miles
- Chelmer Valley High School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.4 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 Broomfield Hospital Day Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Broomfield Hospital Day Nursery School Outstanding at its inspection on 22 April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Broomfield Hospital Day Nursery School take?
Broomfield Hospital Day Nursery School is registered with Ofsted for up to 51 children at any one time.
Who runs Broomfield Hospital Day Nursery School?
Broomfield Hospital Day Nursery School is run by Seymour House Ltd., which runs 12 nurseries.
How do I contact Broomfield Hospital Day Nursery School?
You can call 01245 373736 and visit www.seymourhouse.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY472651 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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