Foresters Den Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Waltham Cross for children from birth to 5, open 07:00 to 19:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2024. Open since 2017, with 39 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
EN8 9DDWhat 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, 20 August 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at this inclusive nursery and immediately feel safe as they are welcomed by the warm and nurturing staff who know them so well. New children settle smoothly because of bespoke settling-in processes, where staff gather indepth knowledge from parents before they start. Staff conscientiously consider this unique information and plan bespoke activities around children's individual interests and stage of development. The management team and staff are dedicated to ensuring a child-centred approach. This means that children are consistently highly motivated, active learners who make significant progress in all areas of their learning and development.
Staff put children's emotional well-being at the heart of everything they do.
Children develop their self-esteem and are empowered to try out their own ideas, knowing staff are nearby to offer the right amount of support if needed. Children are polite and extremely well behaved. They have excellent attitudes to learning, and they respect the fair boundaries that staff consistently set for them.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support children further to explore their own ideas and extend their thinking skills to make even more progress in all areas of learning n focus on increasing children's knowledge and awareness of staying safe in the sun to help them manage their self-care needs.
- 20 August 2024Good
- 21 November 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Foresters Den Nursery
- 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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