Full-day nursery in Watford, Hertfordshire
Bush-E-Babes (Stobbart Hall)
St Pauls C of E Church, Bushey Hall Road, Bushey, WD23 2EQ · 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
St Pauls C of E Church, Bushey Hall Road, Bushey, WD23 2EQ · More nurseries in WD23
Stations
- Watford High Street13 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Bushey17 min walk · 0.7 miles
- Watford Junction23 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including The Avenue, James Close and Aldenham Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Fishers Field Nature Reserve6 min walk
- Waterfields Recreation Ground9 min walk
- Radlett Road Playing fields9 min walk
- Bushey Manor Field11 min walk
- Playground2 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.
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Bush-E-Babes (Stobbart Hall) is a full-day nursery at St Pauls C of E Church, Bushey Hall Road, Bushey, WD23 2EQ, in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Longwood School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.2 miles
- Bushey and Oxhey Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.5 miles
- Central Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.5 miles
- Bushey Manor Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.6 miles
- Field Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery) Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.7 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 0.7 miles
- Highwood Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.8 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 Bush-E-Babes (Stobbart Hall)'s Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bush-E-Babes (Stobbart Hall) Good at its inspection on 6 January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bush-E-Babes (Stobbart Hall) take?
Bush-E-Babes (Stobbart Hall) is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Bush-E-Babes (Stobbart Hall)?
Watford High Street is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Bush-E-Babes (Stobbart Hall)?
You can call 01923 800570 and visit www.bush-e-babesnursery.co.uk.
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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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY481398 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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