Full-day nursery in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Rowan Tree Day Nursery
9 Guessens Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6QW · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since December 2002Reference 496768Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 4 May 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places75 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 5 March 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
- Monday to Friday
- 07:30–18:30
Ages: not published yet.
Getting there
9 Guessens Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6QW · More nurseries in AL8
Stations
- Welwyn Garden City7 min walk · 0.3 miles
Buses
18 bus stops within 400 m, including Russellcroft Road, Campus West and Handside Lane.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Campus Parkway2 min walk
- Frankie's Garden playground5 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground12 min walk
- Playground12 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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Rowan Tree Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 9 Guessens Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6QW, in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 75 children. It opens 07:30–18:30, Mon–Fri. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 4 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Childbase Partnership Limited.
Run by Childbase Partnership Limited (company), which runs 44 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowan Tree Day NurseryThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | 07:30–18:30 | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Parkway Pre-SchoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | 09:00–15:00 | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Barn Close PreSchoolSessional pre-school | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | 09:00–15:00 | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| Carter's SunflowersSessional pre-school | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.8 miles |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at Welwyn Garden CityFull-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | 07:30–18:30 | not shared yet | 0.8 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Templewood Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 0.5 miles
- Applecroft School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.5 miles
- Peartree Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.7 miles
- Ludwick Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected February 2023 0.9 miles
- Holwell Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.9 miles
- Our Lady Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.9 miles
- Homerswood Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.0 miles
- Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 1.0 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 are Rowan Tree Day Nursery's opening hours?
Rowan Tree Day Nursery opens 07:30–18:30, Mon–Fri.
What is Rowan Tree Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Rowan Tree Day Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 4 May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Rowan Tree Day Nursery take?
Rowan Tree Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 75 children at any one time.
Who runs Rowan Tree Day Nursery?
Rowan Tree Day Nursery is run by Childbase Partnership Limited, which runs 44 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Rowan Tree Day Nursery?
Welwyn Garden City is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Rowan Tree Day Nursery?
You can call 01707 334715 and visit childbasepartnership.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 13 November 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.
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Last checked 13 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 496768 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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