Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Borehamwood for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2016, with 98 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Eligible families can access 15 or 30 hours funded childcare and may also use Tax-Free Childcare.
Worth knowing. Additional charges apply for meals, consumables (such as nappies, wipes, and sunscreen), trips, and any extra hours beyond the funded entitlement.
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
WD6 1ADWhat 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, 7 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff form meaningful bonds with the children, which helps them to feel comfortable in their surroundings. Due to this, children separate from their parents confidently at the door when they arrive. Staff adapt activities to support individual children's needs. This tailored support helps each child to make good progress in their learning.
Communication and language skills build consistently as children progress through the nursery. Babies begin to talk, repeating words back to staff as they share simple books together. Toddlers speak confidently about their own experiences to visiting adults and use new vocabulary. For instance, they speak about the 'fluffy'
towel they use to clean the dolls. Pre-school children respond positively to the praise staff provide as they confidently articulate their thoughts and knowledge in more detail.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to develop the strategies they use so that all children are able to understand and follow the routines in place at the nursery n consistently promote children's understanding of the importance of following good hygiene practices.
- 7 February 2024Good
- 1 October 2018Good
- 24 October 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Meals
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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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