Kiddi Caru Day Nursery and Preschool
Good★ 3.5 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Hitchin for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2022. Open since 2021, with 95 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
SG4 0AAWhat 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.
- 15 April 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 10 August 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 14 February 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 13 April 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy, safe and settled. Young babies and children form close bonds and attachments with key staff. For example, as young babies wake from a sleep, staff provide gentle and reassuring cuddles. This helps them to feel secure. Older children are confident to approach staff for spontaneous cuddles during their play.
Children develop good speech and language skills. Staff value regular and spontaneous opportunities to read stories and look at books with children. They provide children with good opportunities to sing songs and encourage children to learn sign language as they do this. This has a positive impact on children's growing communication and vocabulary.
Older children explore the outdoor environment with great interest. They use binoculars to demonstrate clear investigative skills. For example, they identify birds in the trees and find worms and other creatures around them. Children show great care towards these mini-beasts, and after looking at them, place them near to the nursery 'bug hotel'. Children behave well. They are kind and considerate towards each other, demonstrate responsible behaviours and make good choices. For example, they know how to share and take turns and they wait patiently for their turn with particular toys.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- adapt teaching to provide further challenge and to support children's growing interests and engagement n develop staff supervision to raise the quality of teaching to the highest level n support staff to deepen their knowledge and understanding of effective observations and assessments as a way of identifying children's individual learning needs.
- 13 April 2022Good
- 17 November 2021Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kiddi Caru 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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