Full-day nursery in Waltham Abbey, Essex
Wishing Well Pre-School Nursery
Poplar Shaw, Upshire, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3NJ · 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
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Poplar Shaw, Upshire, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3NJ · More nurseries in EN9
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Jubilee Court, Wormyngford Court and Paternoster House.
Parks and playgrounds
- Knolly's Nursery Recreation Field7 min walk
- Warlies Park9 min walk
- Warlies Park10 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- 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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Wishing Well Pre-School Nursery is a full-day nursery at Poplar Shaw, Upshire, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3NJ, in Waltham Abbey, Essex. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 9 reviews (October 2026).
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| Wishing Well Pre-School NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Hillhouse CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 0.2 miles
- Upshire Primary Foundation School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- Leverton Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.5 miles
- Waltham Holy Cross Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.8 miles
- King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.4 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 is Wishing Well Pre-School Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Wishing Well Pre-School Nursery Good at its inspection on 8 December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Wishing Well Pre-School Nursery take?
Wishing Well Pre-School Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
How do I contact Wishing Well Pre-School Nursery?
You can call 07703 601924 and visit www.wishingwell-nursery.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 28 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 28 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY491123 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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