Little Furze Pre-School
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Watford for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:15 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £6.00 a session. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2006, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £6.00Fees at present are £6.00 per or Fees are £6.00 per |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.00 to £2.50 a session Lunch Club 11.30-12.30 £2/2.50
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
WD19 6NLWhat 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, 17 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy choosing toys and activities that interest them. They learn to share and take turns with their peers, which helps them to build important social skills.
Children play together to build a tall tower out of wooden bricks and excitedly show staff what they have done. Children welcome help from staff to lift them up so that they can place bricks on the tower when they can no longer reach the top. They laugh when the tower topples and talk about what might have caused this to happen. This helps children to develop their skills to think and solve problems for themselves.
Children begin to manage age-appropriate risks for themselves. They consider how slippery outside surfaces and steps might be when it is frosty. Children listen to the advice given by staff to be careful while they work out if they can walk, run or climb without slipping. This helps children gain confidence in their own abilities to keep themselves safe.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review and make use of the available space in the most effective way to further enhance children's learning and well-being.
- 17 January 2023Good
- 28 September 2022Inadequate
- 25 November 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Furze Pre-School
- Funded hours
- 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 £6.00 a session still the rate? 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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.