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Nurseries in Bishops Stortford

There are 27 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Bishops Stortford, and 19 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Bishops Stortford

  • Ofsted report cards: 5 settings (7 Strong standard, 22 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 20 settings (3 Outstanding, 17 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Apple Green Montessori Preschool - Pre-school, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5LG, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 3 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Banana Moon Nursery Bishops Stortford - Day nursery, Bishop's Stortford CM23 3SP, ages 0 to 4, 135 places
    Ofsted report card, 19 March 2026: Expected standard in 5 areas, Needs attention in 1 area; safeguarding standards met
  • Birchanger Butterflies Preschool - Pre-school, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5QL, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted, 18 May 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Blossom Barn Nursery - Day nursery, Bishop's Stortford CM22 6PU, ages 1 to 4, 78 places
    Ofsted, 30 August 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Blues Pre-School Nursery - Pre-school, Bishop's Stortford CM23 3GX, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 27 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bright Horizons Bishop's Stortford Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Bishop's Stortford CM23 2AF, ages 0 to 4, 108 places
    Ofsted report card, 26 January 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bishops Stortford St Michaels Mead - Day nursery, Bishops Stortford CM23 4FZ, ages 0 to 5, 80 places
    Ofsted, 11 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bishops Stortford Thorley Park - Day nursery, Bishops Stortford CM23 4EG, ages 0 to 4, 55 places
    Ofsted, 5 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Doodle Do Day Nursery - Day nursery, Bishop's Stortford CM23 3SL, ages 0 to 4, 80 places
    Ofsted report card, 9 April 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Early Birds, Night Owls & Appletree Pre-School - Pre-school, Bishop's Stortford CM23 2NE, ages 2 to 11, 72 places
    Ofsted, 15 May 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Early Birds, Night Owls & Little Ladybirds Pre-School - Day nursery, Bishop's Stortford CM23 2RL, ages 2 to 11, 72 places
    Ofsted, 16 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Early Birds, Night Owls & Little Ladybirds Pre-School - Day nursery, Bishop's Stortford CM23 2NL, ages 2 to 11, 80 places
    Ofsted, 23 May 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Grove Cottage - Day nursery, Bishop'S Stortford CM23 3JX, ages 2 to 18, 15 places
    Ofsted, 19 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hatfield Heath Pre-School - Pre-school, Bishop's Stortford CM22 7EA, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted, 28 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • High House Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, Bishop's Stortford CM22 6PL, ages 0 to 4, 103 places
    Ofsted, 12 April 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Ladybirds & Night Owls - Pre-school, Bishop's Stortford CM23 4PW, ages 2 to 11, 72 places
    Ofsted, 24 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Ladybirds & Night Owls - Pre-school, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BE, ages 2 to 11, 30 places
    Ofsted, 13 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Monkey Puzzle Bishops Stortford - Day nursery, Bishop's Stortford CM23 2FN, ages 0 to 4, 63 places
    Ofsted report card, 8 April 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Olivers Lodge - Sunnyfields Takeley - Day nursery, Bishop's Stortford CM22 6QH, 37 places
  • Partou Sycamore House Day Nursery & Pre-School - Day nursery, Bishop'S Stortford CM23 2QS, ages 0 to 4, 72 places
    Ofsted report card, 22 January 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Saplings Nursery - Day nursery, Bishop's Stortford CM22 6PF, ages 1 to 4, 82 places
    Ofsted, 6 September 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sheering Village Preschool CIC - Pre-school, Bishop's Stortford CM22 7LX, ages 2 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 18 January 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stagecoach Bishops Stortford - Pre-school, Bishop's Stortford CM23 2NL
  • Sunflowers Pre School - Pre-school, Bishop'S Stortford CM23 3NH, ages 3 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 10 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Pre-School at St Joe's Ltd - Pre-school, Bishop's Stortford CM23 2NL, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 13 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Thorley Pre School - Pre-school, Bishop's Stortford CM23 4EL, ages 2 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 7 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Thorn Grove Little Acorns Limited - Pre-school, Bishops Stortford CM23 5LD, ages 1 to 4, 22 places
    Ofsted, 17 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Barracudas - Bishops Stortford - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5HX, 92 places
  • Bishop's Stortford Mencap - Cottage Kids Club - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5DH
  • Bishop's Stortford Mencap - Cottage Kids Club - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BE
  • Butterfly out of school club - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM22 6DD, 30 places
  • Camp Beaumont - Bishop's Stortford - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM23 2PQ, 80 places
  • Cath's wrap around childcare Ltd - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM22 7RE, 40 places
  • CHIPS Bishops Stortford Playschemes - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM23 1FQ, 12 places
  • Club Excel at Birchwood School - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5BD, 130 places
  • Funzone Out of School & Holiday Club - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM23 4LE, 32 places
  • Happy Hippos Out of School Club - Out-of-school club, Bishop'S Stortford CM23 3NP, 36 places
  • Kamparoo Activity Camps - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM22 7UF
  • Premier Wraparound Care at Avanti Brook - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM23 2UW, 8 places
  • Premier Wraparound care at Avanti Meadows Primary School - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM23 1FQ, 50 places
  • Premier Wraparound Care at Bishop's Stortford College - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM23 2PQ, 25 places
  • Premier Wraparound Care at Hatfield Heath Community Primary School - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM22 7EA, 15 places
  • Rising Stars Wrap Around Clubs - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM23 4PW, 50 places
  • Stortford Kidsout (Birchanger) - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5QL, 16 places
  • Stortford Kidsout (summercroft) - Out-of-school club, Bishop'S Stortford CM23 5BJ, 98 places
  • Wrap around club - Out-of-school club, Bishop's Stortford CM23 4BA

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Bishops Stortford

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.