Full-day nursery in The Camp, Hertfordshire
Nuffy Bear Day Nursery
Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing Centre, Highfield Park Drive, ST. ALBANS, AL4 0AH · 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 2013Reference EY463946Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 18 October 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places48 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 19 October 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
- Monday to Friday
- 08:00–18:00
Ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing Centre, Highfield Park Drive, ST. ALBANS, AL4 0AH · More nurseries in AL4
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Samuel Ryder Academy, Frobisher Road and Ennerdale Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Highfield Park10 min walk
- Toddlers Play Area playground5 min walk
- Playground7 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.
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Nuffy Bear Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing Centre, Highfield Park Drive, ST. ALBANS, AL4 0AH, in The Camp, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 48 children. It opens 08:00–18:00, Mon–Fri. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Nuffield Health.
Run by Nuffield Health (company), which runs 12 nurseries.
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| Nuffy Bear Day NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | 08:00–18:00 | 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
- Samuel Ryder Academy All-throughages 4–19Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.2 miles
- Windermere Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected June 2025 0.3 miles
- Cunningham Hill Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected April 2024 0.5 miles
- Cunningham Hill Infant School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Outstandinginspected January 2024 0.5 miles
- Camp Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.5 miles
- Fleetville Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.9 miles
- St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.9 miles
- London Colney Primary & Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 1.0 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 Nuffy Bear Day Nursery's opening hours?
Nuffy Bear Day Nursery opens 08:00–18:00, Mon–Fri.
What is Nuffy Bear Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Nuffy Bear Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 18 October 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Nuffy Bear Day Nursery take?
Nuffy Bear Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 48 children at any one time.
Who runs Nuffy Bear Day Nursery?
Nuffy Bear Day Nursery is run by Nuffield Health, which runs 12 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Nuffy Bear Day Nursery?
St Albans City is the nearest station we know of, 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Nuffy Bear Day Nursery?
You can call 01727 573049.
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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
- 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 13 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY463946 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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