Full-day nursery in Hare Street, Essex
Raindrops Day Nursery Ltd
The Meadows Childrens Centre, Harberts Road, Harlow, CM19 4DL · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Meadows Childrens Centre, Harberts Road, Harlow, CM19 4DL · More nurseries in CM19
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Hare Street Springs, Golden Swift and PAH Fourth Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Northbrooks Park2 min walk
- Jean McAlpine Park8 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Quasar 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 Essex 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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Raindrops Day Nursery Ltd is a full-day nursery at The Meadows Childrens Centre, Harberts Road, Harlow, CM19 4DL, in Hare Street, Essex. It is registered for 64 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in October 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (October 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Little Parndon Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2023 0.5 miles
- Pemberley Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected January 2024 0.6 miles
- The Downs Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 0.6 miles
- St Luke's Catholic Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 0.6 miles
- Jerounds Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.7 miles
- Harlow Fields School and College ages 3–19has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected January 2025 0.8 miles
- Abbotsweld Primary Academy Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 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 Raindrops Day Nursery Ltd's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Raindrops Day Nursery Ltd Outstanding at its inspection on 27 October 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Raindrops Day Nursery Ltd take?
Raindrops Day Nursery Ltd is registered with Ofsted for up to 64 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Raindrops Day Nursery Ltd?
Harlow Town is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Raindrops Day Nursery Ltd?
You can call 01279 976301.
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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 EY494495 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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