Sessional pre-school in Church Langley, Essex
Langley Rangers Activity Club & Noah's Ark Pre-School
Church Langley Community Centre, Church Langley Way, HARLOW, CM17 9TG · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since February 2009Reference EY390560Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 9 July 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places35 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 12 January 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Church Langley Community Centre, Church Langley Way, HARLOW, CM17 9TG · More nurseries in CM17
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Church Langley Tesco Store and London Road Campus.
Parks and playgrounds
- Ladyshot Recreation Ground11 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Church Langley Playground4 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground12 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.
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Langley Rangers Activity Club & Noah's Ark Pre-School is a sessional pre-school at Church Langley Community Centre, Church Langley Way, HARLOW, CM17 9TG, in Church Langley, Essex. It is registered for 35 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Langley Rangers Activity Club & Noah's Ark Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Church Langley Community Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Henry Moore Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.5 miles
- Newhall Primary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.5 miles
- Potter Street Academy Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.7 miles
- Purford Green Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.7 miles
- Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.7 miles
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Harlow Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.9 miles
- Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2022 1.0 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 Langley Rangers Activity Club & Noah's Ark Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Langley Rangers Activity Club & Noah's Ark Pre-School Good at its inspection on 9 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Langley Rangers Activity Club & Noah's Ark Pre-School take?
Langley Rangers Activity Club & Noah's Ark Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 35 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Langley Rangers Activity Club & Noah's Ark Pre-School?
Harlow Mill is the nearest station we know of, 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
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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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY390560 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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