Full-day nursery in Chelmsford, Essex
Broomfield Road Day Nursery School
140 Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1RN · 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
140 Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1RN · More nurseries in CM1
Stations
- Chelmsford15 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Kings Road, Chester Place and Keene Home.
Parks and playgrounds
- Brownings Avenue Play Area7 min walk
- Springfield Hall Park10 min walk
- Fifth Avenue Recreation Ground10 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Tennyson Road Play Area 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 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.
What parents say
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Broomfield Road Day Nursery School is a full-day nursery at 140 Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1RN, in Chelmsford, Essex. It is registered for 60 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Seymour House Ltd..
Run by Seymour House Ltd. (company), which runs 12 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
- Kings Road Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.3 miles
- Maltese Road Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.3 miles
- St Pius X Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.4 miles
- Tanglewood Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- Parkwood Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected July 2024 0.6 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 0.6 miles
- The Cathedral Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chelmsford Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.7 miles
- Perryfields Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected February 2024 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 Broomfield Road Day Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Broomfield Road Day Nursery School Outstanding at its inspection on 15 August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Broomfield Road Day Nursery School take?
Broomfield Road Day Nursery School is registered with Ofsted for up to 60 children at any one time.
Who runs Broomfield Road Day Nursery School?
Broomfield Road Day Nursery School is run by Seymour House Ltd., which runs 12 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Broomfield Road Day Nursery School?
Chelmsford is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Broomfield Road Day Nursery School?
You can call 01245 492642 and visit www.broomfieldroadnursery.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY472659 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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