Little Tulips Day Nursery
Good★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Welwyn Garden City 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 February 2023. Open since 2015, with 65 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
AL7 3TPWhat 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 May 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 21 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle well in this calm and nurturing nursery. They form strong bonds with staff, which helps them to feel safe and secure. Children are happy and confident. They enjoy a rich environment with plenty of meaningful learning opportunities. Children make their own choices about the activities they would like to explore next. Toddlers enjoy playing in the mud kitchen. They pretend to slice mushrooms and cook them in the toy oven. Through their play they develop physical skills that support their independence. Older children form friendships and enjoy imaginative play. They take on different roles in the home corner, building on their social skills.
Children develop a love for reading. Staff create ample opportunities for children to look at books. Children enjoy cuddles with their key persons as they listen to stories. Staff have created a nursery library to encourage children to borrow books to read at home. This further supports children's early literacy skills.
Children have good opportunities to develop their fine motor skills. Younger children squeeze spray bottles to add water to sand and draw with chalk on boards. Older children use shells to scoop up sand and cut paper with scissors.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- monitor how staff identify and plan for children's next steps to ensure that they are more clearly linked to children's individual needs n support staff to use effective and consistent questioning techniques.
- 21 February 2023Good
- 28 July 2017Good
- 21 November 2016Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Tulips Day 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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