Bright Horizons Potten End Day Nursery and Preschool
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Hemel Hempstead for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2022. Open since 2017, with 92 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
HP1 3BNWhat 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.
- 14 September 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 4 June 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 21 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled in the welcoming nursery. Children take part in activities that they enjoy. They explore sand and paint and other sensory activities, such as dough and water. Toddlers wash dolls, and roll out and press dough as staff encourage them by saying 'Ready, steady go, roll roll, roll'. Staff ask questions such as 'What are we doing?', to help children to respond and learn conversational language. They discuss with children how they made their own dough to help them explain things that have happened. Staff echo things that children say to help them learn correct pronunciation and to promote their language. Children show their developing imaginations as they make dough 'cakes' and 'cook' them in the play oven.
Children use recognisable words as they talk about 'rolling' and 'making a big butterfly' with dough. Children in the pre-school room are confident and talkative.
They use a large range of language to explain their feelings, thoughts and ideas.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff who work with younger toddlers, to judge more successfully when to engage in children's play and when to step back and give children time to develop their own ideas n review the deployment of staff in the baby room at the beginning of the day to enable staff to focus more specifically on babies' learning needs while they also support their good care.
- 21 June 2022Good
- 18 July 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bright Horizons Potten End Day Nursery and Preschool
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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