Broomfield Road Day Nursery School
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Chelmsford for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in August 2025. Open since 2014, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 Hours, 30 Hours.
What childcare usually costs in Essex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Essex from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
CM1 1RNWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 15 August 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive at this setting and behave exceptionally well. Staff are fully engaged and committed to supporting children in their learning, and they take an active role in keeping children highly engaged, focused and challenged. Children and staff have strong attachments. Children transition seamlessly, through well-planned settling-in sessions where parents are fully included. Further transitions to new rooms are highly organised and flawless. Staff from each room are familiar with all children. They speak to them using their names and know personal snippets about them such as where they have been on holiday. All staff have exceptional knowledge of children's learning styles and what their next steps in learning are.
Children are provided with well-thought out activities that spark their interests and challenge deep level learning.
Children in the pre-school room are prepared exceptionally well for school with an emphasis on developing high levels of independence and problem-solving. They are provided with an abundance of innovative opportunities to practise these skills.
- 15 August 2025Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 16 December 2019Outstanding
- 4 August 2014Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Broomfield Road Day Nursery School
- What it costs
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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