4kidz Childcare Ltd @ Gosling
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Hertfordshire for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2017, with 45 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We accept government-funded childcare for eligible families. Depending on your child’s age and your eligibility, you may be able to claim funded childcare hours.
What childcare usually costs in Hertfordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hertfordshire 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
AL8 6XEWhat 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, 2 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children make good progress in this calm and nurturing nursery. Children form secure attachments with staff, helping them to feel safe and secure. Staff provide an ambitious curriculum and create a learning environment that sparks children's interests, which they are eager to explore. For example, staff provide an interactive and enjoyable way for children to explore and understand the concept of pirates.
Children make telescopes from paper and use maps to embark on a treasure hunt in the garden.
Staff support children to behave well with positive role modelling. They support children to share resources and ensure that all their friends are included in their play. Timers are used to help children understand this concept. Staff provide plenty of praise when children successfully share, helping to build on their self-esteem and form positive relationships with their peers.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider the organisation of resources for children to access so they can follow their own interests without interrupting their flow of play n support staff to communicate with children more clearly when carrying out care duties, such as nappy changing, to provide children with a better understanding of why these routines happen.
- 2 February 2024Good
- 21 May 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for 4kidz Childcare Ltd @ Gosling
- What it costs
- Meals
- 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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