Muriel Green Nursery School
Outstanding★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in St. Albans for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 18:15, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 2001, 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
AL3 5JBWhat 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, 9 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in this nurturing and rich learning environment. Home visits enable the relationships between children and their key person to begin from the outset.
These visits allow staff to get to know children exceptionally well. Staff build on children's emotional security as they welcome them warmly and have toys and activities available that they know children enjoy. This helps all children to feel completely safe and secure. They display exceptionally high levels of well-being and become deeply involved in their play. Children demonstrate immense pride in their achievements. Babies give themselves a clap and older children excitedly proclaim, 'I did it,' when they successfully complete a task.
Leaders and staff plan and implement an inspirational curriculum that is built around the needs of each child. All staff receive specific support that enables them to fully understand and successfully deliver the curriculum intentions to their group of children. Predictable routines are introduced in the baby room and built on throughout the nursery. For example, every child knows to stop and listen when they hear staff say 'stop, look, listen'. Staff consistently model respect to the children and to each other. These expectations are extremely well embedded throughout the nursery. This contributes to children learning how to respect others and displaying exemplary behaviour.
- 9 October 2024Outstanding
- 14 November 2018Good
- 3 July 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Muriel Green Nursery School
- 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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