Boreham, Essex · URN 2800809
According to Ofsted's inspection on 8 July 2026, Little Hedgehogs Preschool in Boreham, Essex was graded on 1 area of its report card: leadership and governance — Expected Standard. Source: Little Bees Nursery Intelligence, from Ofsted's published record.
Report card — six areas graded separately.
Curriculum and teaching and Achievement and Behaviour and routines and Welfare and wellbeing and Inclusion were not inspected here — a setting is only graded on the areas its registration covers, so this is not a gap in its practice.
Each area is judged separately. Expected standard is the bar every provider has to clear, so meeting it is the pass rather than a mediocre result.
Boreham, Essex · CM3 3EB. Location from the Ofsted register.
On the Early Years Register.
Little Hedgehogs Preschool in Boreham, Essex was last inspected on 8 July 2026. That inspection used Ofsted's report card framework, which replaced single-word overall ratings for early years settings in November 2025.
Ofsted graded 1 area: leadership and governance — Expected Standard. Each area is judged separately, so a setting can be stronger in one than another.
Ofsted did not grade curriculum and teaching or achievement or behaviour and routines or welfare and wellbeing or inclusion at this setting. A provider is only graded on the areas its registration covers — an out-of-school club, for example, is not inspected on delivering the early years curriculum. It is not a gap in the setting's practice.
Yes. Expected standard is the bar every provider has to clear, so meeting it is the pass rather than a mediocre result. Strong standard and exceptional sit above it; needs attention and urgent improvement sit below.
Little Hedgehogs Preschool is registered for children aged 0 to 0.
Little Hedgehogs Preschool is registered for up to 16 children at any one time. That is a registration limit, not the number currently attending.
Little Hedgehogs Preschool has been registered with Ofsted since 21 August 2024. Its unique reference number (URN) is 2800809.
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