Full-day nursery in Witham, Essex
Little Hands Pre-School Nursery
Dengie Community Hall, Dengie Close, Witham, CM8 1DJ · 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 June 1997Reference 203764Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record3 inspectionslatest 28 February 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places30 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
Inspection history (3)
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Dengie Community Hall, Dengie Close, Witham, CM8 1DJ · More nurseries in CM8
Stations
- Witham (Essex)24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Howbridge Estate, Pelly Avenue and Hatfield Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- River Walk4 min walk
- River Walk8 min walk
- Holst Avenue Park8 min walk
- Witham Town Park10 min walk
- Witham Lodge Green11 min walk
- Playground9 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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Little Hands Pre-School Nursery is a full-day nursery at Dengie Community Hall, Dengie Close, Witham, CM8 1DJ, in Witham, Essex. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (October 2026).
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| Little Hands Pre-School NurseryThis 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
- Howbridge Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Howbridge Church of England Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.1 miles
- Chipping Hill Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected November 2024 0.4 miles
- Witham Oaks Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected December 2023 1.0 miles
- Acorn Infant Academy Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 1.0 miles
- Templars Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 1.5 miles
- Elm Hall Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2024 1.8 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 Little Hands Pre-School Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Hands Pre-School Nursery Good at its inspection on 28 February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Hands Pre-School Nursery take?
Little Hands Pre-School Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Hands Pre-School Nursery?
Witham (Essex) is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Hands Pre-School Nursery?
You can call 01376 511194 and visit www.littlehandspsn.co.uk.
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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 203764 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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