Full-day nursery in Paradise, Hertfordshire
Lime Grove Day Nursery
Park Road, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1JT · 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
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Park Road, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1JT · More nurseries in HP1
Stations
- Hemel Hempstead18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Hemel Hempstead School, Riverside and Waterhouse Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Water Gardens3 min walk
- Plough Gardens5 min walk
- War Memorial Gardens6 min walk
- Blackbirds Moor6 min walk
- Heath Park6 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 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.
What parents say
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Lime Grove Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Park Road, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1JT, in Paradise, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 102 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.7 from 9 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Childbase Partnership Limited.
Run by Childbase Partnership Limited (company), which runs 44 nurseries.
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| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lime Grove Day NurseryThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Boxmoor Hall Pre SchoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.1 miles |
| Young Discoverers Pre-SchoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.2 miles |
| Boxmoor Pre-schoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Footsteps Nursery & Pre-SchoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | 08:00–18:00 | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
| Butterflies and Rainbows pre schoolSessional pre-school | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
| Flower Pots Day Nursery (Boxmoor)Full-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | 07:30–18:30 | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Heath Lane Nursery School Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.2 miles
- South Hill Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.2 miles
- Boxmoor Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.4 miles
- Lockers Park School ages 5–14 0.5 miles
- Tudor Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 0.6 miles
- The Collett School ages 4–16Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 0.7 miles
- St Rose's Catholic Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.7 miles
- Gade Valley Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2022 0.8 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 Lime Grove Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Lime Grove Day Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 27 September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Lime Grove Day Nursery take?
Lime Grove Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 102 children at any one time.
Who runs Lime Grove Day Nursery?
Lime Grove Day Nursery is run by Childbase Partnership Limited, which runs 44 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Lime Grove Day Nursery?
Hemel Hempstead is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Lime Grove Day Nursery?
You can call 01442 236506 and visit childbasepartnership.com.
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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 129362 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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