Full-day nursery in Waltham Abbey, Essex
Fledglings Pre-School
Upshire Primary Foundation School, Upshire Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3PX · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Upshire Primary Foundation School, Upshire Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3PX · More nurseries in EN9
Buses
1 bus stop within 400 m, including Princesfield Rd.
Parks and playgrounds
- Warlies Park2 min walk
- Warlies Park3 min walk
- Sergeants Green Common3 min walk
- Knolly's Nursery Recreation Field9 min walk
- Warlies Green9 min walk
- Playground4 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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Fledglings Pre-School is a full-day nursery at Upshire Primary Foundation School, Upshire Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3PX, in Waltham Abbey, Essex. It is registered for 52 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Upshire Primary Foundation School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Hillhouse CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 0.6 miles
- Leverton Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.8 miles
- Waltham Holy Cross Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2024 1.3 miles
- King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.9 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 Fledglings Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Fledglings Pre-School Good at its inspection on 12 June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Fledglings Pre-School take?
Fledglings Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 52 children at any one time.
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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 EY456189 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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