Sessional pre-school in West Watford, Hertfordshire
Precious Playdays
Multi Racial Community Centre, 70 Durban Road West, Watford, WD18 7DS · 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
Multi Racial Community Centre, 70 Durban Road West, Watford, WD18 7DS · More nurseries in WD18
Stations
- Watford11 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Watford High Street18 min walk · 0.7 miles
- Watford Junction20 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Durban Road, Harwoods Road and Shepherds Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Cassiobury Park5 min walk
- Harwoods Recreation Ground10 min walk
- Ring Around Park12 min walk
- Charter School Playground2 min walk
- Playground5 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 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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Precious Playdays is a sessional pre-school at Multi Racial Community Centre, 70 Durban Road West, Watford, WD18 7DS, in West Watford, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 25 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in March 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precious PlaydaysThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Bright Horizons The Park Day Nursery and PreschoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | under 0.1 miles |
| Building Blocks Preschool Nurseries LtdFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.2 miles |
| The Little Learners Montessori WatfordFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | 07:30–18:00 | not shared yet | 0.3 miles |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at WatfordFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| The Little Sparkles Preschool LimitedSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
| Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery WatfordFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | 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
- Chater Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected July 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Chater Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.2 miles
- Lanchester Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.4 miles
- Chessbrook Education Support Centre ages 5–16Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected February 2024 0.5 miles
- Laurance Haines School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- Watford St John's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected February 2025 0.6 miles
- Central Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.7 miles
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.7 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 Precious Playdays's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Precious Playdays Outstanding at its inspection on 26 March 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Precious Playdays take?
Precious Playdays is registered with Ofsted for up to 25 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Precious Playdays?
Watford is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2662730 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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