Full-day nursery in Fleetville, Hertfordshire
Mount Carmel Kindergarten
100a Sandpit Lane, St Albans, AL4 0BX · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
- Monday to Friday
- 08:00–17:00
Ages: not published yet.
Getting there
100a Sandpit Lane, St Albans, AL4 0BX · More nurseries in AL4
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Beechwood Ave and Chestnut Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Acorns outside space playground3 min walk
- Infant Playground4 min walk
- Junior Playground4 min walk
- Playground9 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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Mount Carmel Kindergarten is a full-day nursery at 100a Sandpit Lane, St Albans, AL4 0BX, in Fleetville, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 62 children. It opens 08:00–17:00, Mon–Fri. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 47 reviews (November 2026).
Compare nurseries nearby
| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel KindergartenThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | 08:00–17:00 | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Busy Bees (Marshalswick) LtdFull-day nursery | Report card 2025 | not shared yet | 08:30–15:00 | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
| Fleetville Community PlaygroupSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | 08:45–15:10 | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
| St Albans Steiner KindergartenSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
| Grasshoppers Day Nursery (St Albans)Full-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | 07:30–18:30 | not shared yet | 0.8 miles |
| Little Steps Day NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | 07:45–18:00 | not shared yet | 0.9 miles |
| St Saviours Pre-SchoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.0 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Oakwood Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2024 0.1 miles
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.5 miles
- Fleetville Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected December 2023 0.6 miles
- Skyswood Primary & Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected February 2025 0.6 miles
- Fleetville Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.7 miles
- Camp Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.9 miles
- Wheatfields Junior Mixed School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.9 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 0.9 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 Mount Carmel Kindergarten's opening hours?
Mount Carmel Kindergarten opens 08:00–17:00, Mon–Fri.
What is Mount Carmel Kindergarten's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Mount Carmel Kindergarten Outstanding at its inspection on 9 September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Mount Carmel Kindergarten take?
Mount Carmel Kindergarten is registered with Ofsted for up to 62 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Mount Carmel Kindergarten?
St Albans City is the nearest station we know of, 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Mount Carmel Kindergarten?
You can call 01727 838480 and visit mountcarmelkindergarten.co.uk.
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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.
- 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 13 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY500558 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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