Full-day nursery in Westmill, Hertfordshire
Early Days Pre-School
Oughtonhead Primary And Nursery School, Mattocke Road, Hitchin, SG5 2NZ · 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.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Oughtonhead Primary And Nursery School, Mattocke Road, Hitchin, SG5 2NZ · More nurseries in SG5
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Mattocke Road, Kings Hedges and The Crescent.
Parks and playgrounds
- Swinburne Park6 min walk
- Butts Close9 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground12 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
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.
What parents say
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Early Days Pre-School is a full-day nursery at Oughtonhead Primary And Nursery School, Mattocke Road, Hitchin, SG5 2NZ, in Westmill, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (October 2026).
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| Early Days Pre-SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Oughton Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Samuel Lucas Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.4 miles
- Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.5 miles
- York Road Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected July 2023 0.6 miles
- Strathmore Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.6 miles
- Our Lady Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2022 0.8 miles
- Highbury Infant School and Nursery Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 1.1 miles
- St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 1.2 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Early Days Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Early Days Pre-School Good at its inspection on 7 December 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Early Days Pre-School take?
Early Days Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Early Days Pre-School?
Hitchin is the nearest station we know of, 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Early Days Pre-School?
You can call 01462 437643 and visit earlydays-hitchin.wixsite.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY492398 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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