Sessional pre-school in Kingswood, Hertfordshire
Orbital Pre School
Orbital Community Centre, Haines Way, Watford, WD25 7QU · 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 1992Reference 130556Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 16 July 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places30 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 13 February 2020Food 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
Orbital Community Centre, Haines Way, Watford, WD25 7QU · More nurseries in WD25
Stations
- Garston (Herts)22 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
17 bus stops within 400 m, including Sheepcot Lane, Forest Road and St Michaels Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Woodside Playing Fields6 min walk
- Stanborough Park10 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground10 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.
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Orbital Pre School is a sessional pre-school at Orbital Community Centre, Haines Way, Watford, WD25 7QU, in Kingswood, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbital Pre SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Little Blossom Nursery School (Leavesden)Full-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Kingswood Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected April 2023 0.2 miles
- Kingsway Infants' School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 0.3 miles
- Kingsway Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.3 miles
- Leavesden JMI School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.3 miles
- Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 0.4 miles
- Stanborough Primary School ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.7 miles
- Cherry Tree Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2022 0.7 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 Orbital Pre School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Orbital Pre School Good at its inspection on 16 July 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Orbital Pre School take?
Orbital Pre School is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Orbital Pre School?
Garston (Herts) is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 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 130556 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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