Full-day nursery in Chells, Hertfordshire
Rainbows End Pre-school
Chells Community Association, Mobbsbury Way, Stevenage, SG2 0HT · 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 October 1997Reference 146443Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 5 December 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places28 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 21 May 2021Food 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
Chells Community Association, Mobbsbury Way, Stevenage, SG2 0HT · More nurseries in SG2
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Nobel School, Hudson Road and The Glebe Centre.
Parks and playgrounds
- Fairlands Valley Park8 min walk
- Chells Park9 min walk
- Weatherby Park10 min walk
- Chells Park11 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground7 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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Rainbows End Pre-school is a full-day nursery at Chells Community Association, Mobbsbury Way, Stevenage, SG2 0HT, in Chells, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (October 2026).
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Lodge Farm 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 April 2025 0.1 miles
- Camps Hill Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2024 0.3 miles
- Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2022 0.5 miles
- Martins Wood Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 0.6 miles
- Lonsdale School ages 3–18has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- Bedwell Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2022 0.7 miles
- Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.7 miles
- Larwood School ages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.8 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 Rainbows End Pre-school's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Rainbows End Pre-school Good at its inspection on 5 December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Rainbows End Pre-school take?
Rainbows End Pre-school is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Rainbows End Pre-school?
Stevenage is the nearest station we know of, 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Rainbows End Pre-school?
You can call 01438 355458 and visit www.rainbowsendpreschool.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
- 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 146443 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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