Breachwood Green Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Hitchin for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £51.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2022. Open since 2000, with 19 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £51.00All day | £25.50Morning or Afternoon, 3 hrs £34.00Morning & lunch, 4 hrs | £8.50Our hourly |
Discounts
- 3% Sibling Discountsecond sibling when both children are attending the setting for 3 full
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Worth knowing. We do not charge any additional sundries. We offer the same activities whether sessions are funded or privately paid, this includes Forest School sessions. We do ask families for food contributions to help provide a healthy snack for the children.
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
SG4 8NXWhat 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, 19 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle quickly in this warm and inviting pre-school. They develop close bonds with staff, enabling them to feel safe and secure. Staff know the children well and offer a wide range of activities and learning that stem from the children's interests. For example, children's curiosity in minibeasts leads to a sensory activity with soil and pasta to represent worms. Children become deeply engaged as they use tools for a purpose. They use tweezers to pick up pretend worms, and magnifying glasses to look at different textures. This helps children to develop their fine motor skills.
Children thoroughly enjoy learning in the well-equipped outdoor area. They demonstrate enthusiasm and concentrate well on activities. They learn about aeroplanes as they watch them flying overhead from the special viewing point.
They learn to use binoculars to see the aeroplanes in more detail. Children become engrossed as they experiment with different volumes during water play, helping them to develop an early understanding of mathematical concepts. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported. Staff work closely with parents and other professionals to ensure children receive the support they need. Activities are sharply focused to ensure children progress well and move to the next stage of education to the best of their ability.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to support children to fully understand the impact of their actions and help them to regulate behaviour n strengthen professional development opportunities to progress teaching skills to ensure children receive high-quality education.
- 19 October 2022Good
- 17 January 2017Good
- 3 May 2016Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Breachwood Green Pre-School
- 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.
- Is £51.00 a day still the rate? 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.
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