Full-day nursery in London Colney, Hertfordshire
Little Nightingales Day Nursery
Nightingale Cottage, Barnet Road, London Colney, ST. ALBANS, AL2 1BG · 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
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Nightingale Cottage, Barnet Road, London Colney, ST. ALBANS, AL2 1BG · More nurseries in AL2
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Thamesdale, Willowside and Colney Fields Retail Park.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground3 min walk
- Gold Panning playground10 min walk
- Wooly Jumpers playground10 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground11 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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Little Nightingales Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Nightingale Cottage, Barnet Road, London Colney, ST. ALBANS, AL2 1BG, in London Colney, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 48 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Nightingales Day NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Yellow Ducks Children's Nursery LimitedSessional pre-school | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | 08:30–15:30 | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- Bowmansgreen Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.7 miles
- London Colney Primary & Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.7 miles
- Clore Shalom School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 1.0 miles
- Manor Lodge School ages 2–11has a nursery class 1.4 miles
- Radlett Lodge School ages 5–19 1.6 miles
- Samuel Ryder Academy All-throughages 4–19Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 1.8 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 Nightingales Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Nightingales Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 9 November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Nightingales Day Nursery take?
Little Nightingales Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 48 children at any one time.
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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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY348672 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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