St. John's Nursery Playgroup
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Potters Bar for children from birth to 8+, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £45.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2016, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £45.00All day 6 hours Mon - Friday | £24.00Morning 3 hours Mon - Fri or Afternoon 3 hours Mon - Friday, 3 hrs | £8.00RATE |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £8.00 a session LUNCHCLUB
Funded hours
Government funding is available for ALL children aged 3 years and over for up to 15 hours per week. If you are receiving certain benefits you could be eligible for15 hours of funding for your 2 year old. St John's Nursery Playgroups are offering the 30 Hours free childcare for 3 and 4 year olds.
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
EN6 2DZWhat 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, 11 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in this extremely supportive setting. Children foster trusting and caring relationships with the nurturing staff who are consistently responsive to their needs and wishes. Tailored settling-in sessions ensure children, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, swiftly feel relaxed and safe, as they build attachments to their key person before they start. This child-centred approach means all children make significant progress in their academic and personal development.
Children demonstrate high levels of respect for others and play cooperatively with their peers. Children have fun, giggling with anticipation as they race two cars down the slide. Staff are excellent role models and remind children to say 'please'
and 'thank you'. When children say 'thank you' to a visitor for picking up a toy they had accidently dropped on the floor, staff provide meaningful praise which builds their self-esteem and inspires them to repeat these good manners.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- focus on increasing children's knowledge and awareness of staying safe in the sun, to become increasingly independent in managing their self-care needs.
- 11 July 2024Good
- 28 September 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for St. John's Nursery Playgroup
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £45.00 a day still the rate? 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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.