Sessional pre-school in Sunnyside, Hertfordshire
Play Aloud St Andrews
St Andrews C of E Primary School, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, SG4 9RD · 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
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
St Andrews C of E Primary School, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, SG4 9RD · More nurseries in SG4
Stations
- Hitchin5 min walk · 0.2 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Hitchin Railway Station, Coleridge Close and Verulam Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Ransom's Recreation Ground7 min walk
- Windmill Hill9 min walk
- Halsey Green9 min walk
- Bancroft Gardens9 min walk
- Walsworth Common11 min walk
- Playground5 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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Play Aloud St Andrews is a sessional pre-school at St Andrews C of E Primary School, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, SG4 9RD, in Sunnyside, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 78 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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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 under 0.1 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 0.3 miles
- Highbury Infant School and Nursery Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 0.5 miles
- Mary Exton Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.6 miles
- Whitehill Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected March 2023 0.6 miles
- York Road Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected July 2023 0.7 miles
- Highover Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.7 miles
- Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.7 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 Play Aloud St Andrews's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Play Aloud St Andrews Outstanding at its inspection on 2 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Play Aloud St Andrews take?
Play Aloud St Andrews is registered with Ofsted for up to 78 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Play Aloud St Andrews?
Hitchin is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY468316 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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