Sessional pre-school in Great Amwell, Hertfordshire
Little Blue Van (Great Amwell)
Parish Hall, Hillside Lane, Great Amwell, Ware, SG12 9SH · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since July 2014Reference EY479685Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 28 March 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places28 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 7 May 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Parish Hall, Hillside Lane, Great Amwell, Ware, SG12 9SH · More nurseries in SG12
Stations
- St Margarets (Herts)13 min walk · 0.5 miles
Parks and playgrounds
- 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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Little Blue Van (Great Amwell) is a sessional pre-school at Parish Hall, Hillside Lane, Great Amwell, Ware, SG12 9SH, in Great Amwell, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.1 miles
- Amwell View School ages 2–19Ofsted: School remains Outstandinginspected April 2024 0.4 miles
- St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.9 miles
- The Cranbourne Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 1.0 miles
- Roselands Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.1 miles
- Middleton School ages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected April 2024 1.1 miles
- Forres Primary Academy Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected October 2022 1.3 miles
- Hertford Heath Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 1.4 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 Little Blue Van (Great Amwell)'s Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Blue Van (Great Amwell) Good at its inspection on 28 March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Blue Van (Great Amwell) take?
Little Blue Van (Great Amwell) is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Blue Van (Great Amwell)?
St Margarets (Herts) is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY479685 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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