Sessional pre-school in Orsett, Thurrock
Orsett Playgroup
Village Hall, High Road Mill Lane, ORSETT, RM16 3HB · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Village Hall, High Road Mill Lane, ORSETT, RM16 3HB · More nurseries in RM16
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Hospital High Road, Hospital and Rectory Road Penn Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground6 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 Thurrock there are about 4.9 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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Orsett Playgroup is a sessional pre-school at Village Hall, High Road Mill Lane, ORSETT, RM16 3HB, in Orsett, Thurrock. It is registered for 26 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orsett PlaygroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Orsett Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.2 miles
- Treetops Free School ages 4–16Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 1.4 miles
- Treetops School ages 5–19Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 1.4 miles
- Deneholm Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 1.7 miles
- Woodside Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 1.7 miles
- Stifford Clays Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 1.8 miles
- Herringham Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2022 1.8 miles
- Orsett Heath Academy Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2023 1.4 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 Orsett Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Orsett Playgroup Good at its inspection on 26 April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Orsett Playgroup take?
Orsett Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 26 children at any one time.
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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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 401555 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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