Sessional pre-school in Denny End, Cambridgeshire
Herons' Preschool Waterbeach
Building 2 (Former Barracks Site), Off Denny End Road, Waterbeach, CB25 9PA · 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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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Building 2 (Former Barracks Site), Off Denny End Road, Waterbeach, CB25 9PA · More nurseries in CB25
Stations
- Waterbeach21 min walk · 0.8 miles
Parks and playgrounds
- Merton Park7 min walk
- Waterbeach Green11 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground8 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 Cambridgeshire there are about 2.8 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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Herons' Preschool Waterbeach is a sessional pre-school at Building 2 (Former Barracks Site), Off Denny End Road, Waterbeach, CB25 9PA, in Denny End, Cambridgeshire. It is registered for 48 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in May 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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| Herons' Preschool WaterbeachThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Waterbeach Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.3 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 Herons' Preschool Waterbeach's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Herons' Preschool Waterbeach Outstanding at its inspection on 24 May 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Herons' Preschool Waterbeach take?
Herons' Preschool Waterbeach is registered with Ofsted for up to 48 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Herons' Preschool Waterbeach?
Waterbeach is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Herons' Preschool Waterbeach?
You can call 01223 863245 and visit www.heronspreschoolwaterbeach.org.
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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.
- 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2674419 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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