Sessional pre-school in Broadwater, Hertfordshire
Playhouse Pre-school Broadwater
Long Meadow Primary School, Oaks Cross, STEVENAGE, SG2 8LT · 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
Long Meadow Primary School, Oaks Cross, STEVENAGE, SG2 8LT · More nurseries in SG2
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Longmeadow Centre and Oaks Cross.
Parks and playgrounds
- Shephalbury Park5 min walk
- Ridlins Field10 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground8 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.
What parents say
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Playhouse Pre-school Broadwater is a sessional pre-school at Long Meadow Primary School, Oaks Cross, STEVENAGE, SG2 8LT, in Broadwater, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 44 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 6 reviews (October 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playhouse Pre-school BroadwaterThis 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
- Longmeadow Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected May 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Shephalbury Park Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.2 miles
- Greenside School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.5 miles
- Peartree Spring Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.7 miles
- Featherstone Wood Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.7 miles
- Peartree Way Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.7 miles
- Roebuck Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.8 miles
- St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2024 0.9 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 Playhouse Pre-school Broadwater's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Playhouse Pre-school Broadwater Good at its inspection on 16 June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Playhouse Pre-school Broadwater take?
Playhouse Pre-school Broadwater is registered with Ofsted for up to 44 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Playhouse Pre-school Broadwater?
Knebworth is the nearest station we know of, 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Playhouse Pre-school Broadwater?
You can call 07875 259692 and visit www.playhousepreschoolbroadwater.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 EY381778 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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