Sessional pre-school in Fuller Street, Essex
The Leighs Nursery Group
Great Leighs Village Hall, Boreham Road, Chelmsford, CM3 1PP · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Great Leighs Village Hall, Boreham Road, Chelmsford, CM3 1PP · More nurseries in CM3
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground12 min walk
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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.
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The Leighs Nursery Group is a sessional pre-school at Great Leighs Village Hall, Boreham Road, Chelmsford, CM3 1PP, in Fuller Street, Essex. It is registered for 26 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Leighs Nursery GroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Great Leighs Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.6 miles
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What is The Leighs Nursery Group's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Leighs Nursery Group Good at its inspection on 1 October 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Leighs Nursery Group take?
The Leighs Nursery Group is registered with Ofsted for up to 26 children at any one time.
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 402153 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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