Sessional pre-school in Watford, Hertfordshire
Top Place Preschool
Derby Road Baptist Church, Derby Road, Watford, WD17 2LZ · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Derby Road Baptist Church, Derby Road, Watford, WD17 2LZ · More nurseries in WD17
Stations
- Watford High Street5 min walk · 0.2 miles
- Watford Junction16 min walk · 0.6 miles
- Bushey18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Water Lane, King Street and Watford High Street Railway Station.
Parks and playgrounds
- Waterfields Recreation Ground2 min walk
- Radlett Road Playing fields7 min walk
- Fishers Field Nature Reserve11 min walk
- Waterfields Playground3 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Watford Fields Playground8 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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Top Place Preschool is a sessional pre-school at Derby Road Baptist Church, Derby Road, Watford, WD17 2LZ, in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 35 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 34 reviews (October 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Place PreschoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Central Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 under 0.1 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 0.3 miles
- Field Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.4 miles
- Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery) Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.4 miles
- Chater Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.5 miles
- Longwood School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.7 miles
- Bushey and Oxhey Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.7 miles
- Chater Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected July 2024 0.7 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 Top Place Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Top Place Preschool Good at its inspection on 24 February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Top Place Preschool take?
Top Place Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 35 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Top Place Preschool?
Watford High Street is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Top Place Preschool?
You can call 07842 519294 and visit topplace-preschool.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
- 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 2546481 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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