Fingertips Woodland Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Harpenden for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £12.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in June 2022. Open since 2020, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Extended hour 4-5pm = £12 Daily
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
2 years olds: 15 or 30 hours funding accepted; 3-4 year olds: All 15 hour universal funding is accepted or 30 hour funding subject to availability.
Worth knowing. Maximum 6 hours of funding can be used per day.
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
AL5 4QLWhat Ofsted said
Last inspected on 8 June 2022.
Outstanding
Ofsted's top grade. The setting was judged to be doing more than is expected of it.
Still missing for Fingertips Woodland Nursery
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
- Is £12.00 an hour 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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