Full-day nursery in Bernards Heath, Hertfordshire
Banana Moon Day Nursery St Albans
Prime House, 14 Porters Wood, St. Albans, AL3 6PQ · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
- Monday to Friday
- 07:30–18:30
Ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Prime House, 14 Porters Wood, St. Albans, AL3 6PQ · More nurseries in AL3
Nearest stations and parks
- St Albans City35 min walk · 1.4 miles
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Hertfordshire there are about 2.9 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
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Banana Moon Day Nursery St Albans is a full-day nursery at Prime House, 14 Porters Wood, St. Albans, AL3 6PQ, in Bernards Heath, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 70 children. It opens 07:30–18:30, Mon–Fri. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 5 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Shiny Stars Ltd.
Run by Shiny Stars Ltd (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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| Busy Bees (Marshalswick) LtdFull-day nursery | Report card 2025 | not shared yet | 08:30–15:00 | not shared yet | 0.9 miles |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at St Albans HospitalFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | 07:00–19:00 | not shared yet | 1.0 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Bernards Heath Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected December 2023 0.4 miles
- Heathlands School ages 3–18has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected February 2023 0.5 miles
- Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.6 miles
- Wheatfields Junior Mixed School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.7 miles
- Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.7 miles
- Margaret Wix Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected December 2024 0.7 miles
- Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.7 miles
- St Albans High School for Girls ages 4–18 1.0 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What are Banana Moon Day Nursery St Albans's opening hours?
Banana Moon Day Nursery St Albans opens 07:30–18:30, Mon–Fri.
What is Banana Moon Day Nursery St Albans's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Banana Moon Day Nursery St Albans Good at its inspection on 31 May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Banana Moon Day Nursery St Albans take?
Banana Moon Day Nursery St Albans is registered with Ofsted for up to 70 children at any one time.
Who runs Banana Moon Day Nursery St Albans?
Banana Moon Day Nursery St Albans is run by Shiny Stars Ltd, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Banana Moon Day Nursery St Albans?
St Albans City is the nearest station we know of, 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 13 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 13 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2546898 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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