Full-day nursery in Sunnyside, Hertfordshire
Highbury Lodge Day Nursery
11 Highbury Road, Hitchin, SG4 9RW · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since July 2000Reference 146741Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 3 October 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places83 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 13 October 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
11 Highbury Road, Hitchin, SG4 9RW · More nurseries in SG4
Stations
- Hitchin9 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Verulam Road, Hollow Lane and Convent Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Windmill Hill4 min walk
- Bancroft Gardens7 min walk
- Ransom's Recreation Ground9 min walk
- Hitchin Priory Gardens12 min walk
- Halsey Green12 min walk
- Playground6 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.
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Highbury Lodge Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 11 Highbury Road, Hitchin, SG4 9RW, in Sunnyside, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 83 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in October 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 5 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Childbase Partnership Limited.
Run by Childbase Partnership Limited (company), which runs 44 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.2 miles
- Highbury Infant School and Nursery Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 0.3 miles
- William Ransom Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected March 2025 0.4 miles
- Whitehill Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected March 2023 0.5 miles
- York Road Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected July 2023 0.6 miles
- Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.6 miles
- Mary Exton Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.8 miles
- Samuel Lucas Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.8 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Highbury Lodge Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Highbury Lodge Day Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 3 October 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Highbury Lodge Day Nursery take?
Highbury Lodge Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 83 children at any one time.
Who runs Highbury Lodge Day Nursery?
Highbury Lodge Day Nursery is run by Childbase Partnership Limited, which runs 44 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Highbury Lodge Day Nursery?
Hitchin is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Highbury Lodge Day Nursery?
You can call 01462 434317 and visit childbasepartnership.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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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 146741 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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