Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Ware
GoodBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Ware for children from birth to 5, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2016, with 60 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
SG12 7NBWhat 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, 28 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle extremely well. Staff ask parents to provide information about what their children enjoy doing prior to starting at the nursery. They then plan the environment to kindle children's interest in play and learning. With big smiles, children happily greet staff and each other. They form strong bonds with staff. For example, babies crawl to staff to cuddle and look at books. They make eye contact with staff, listen to them sing songs and respond with excitement, babbling and occasionally saying single words. Older children show excitement as they pull on their boots and coats before heading outside to play.
Children share and take turns to ensure that they can all have fun with their favourite activity. For instance, they persevere and organise turn-taking while they fill buckets with sand and use a pulley to transport these. Children use their increasing mathematical knowledge as they discuss when buckets are full or empty. They explore different textures while playing with sand, shaving foam and other creative items. Children develop their imaginations, riding their trikes to the pretend shop or searching the playground for the Christmas elf. Staff know the children well and support their pretend play. For example, when children show an interest in dinosaurs, staff play alongside them and use different tones in their voice to help bring the roaring dinosaurs to life.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide children with deeper learning opportunities that enable them to use, and make links with, what they have learned and understood in different contexts across all areas of learning.
- 28 November 2022Good
- 29 October 2018Good
- 19 January 2018Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Ware
- 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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