Full-day nursery in Roe Green, Hertfordshire
Squirrels Day Nursery
Hatfield Community Free School, Briars Lane, Hatfield, AL10 8ES · 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.
Official records
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
Hatfield Community Free School, Briars Lane, Hatfield, AL10 8ES · More nurseries in AL10
Stations
- Hatfield (Herts)16 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Briars Lane, Hillcrest and Town Centre.
Parks and playgrounds
- Roe Hill Park3 min walk
- Howe Dell9 min walk
- Coronation Gardens10 min walk
- Steam Woods10 min walk
- St Albans Road East Recreational Ground11 min walk
- Playground3 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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Squirrels Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Hatfield Community Free School, Briars Lane, Hatfield, AL10 8ES, in Roe Green, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 50 children. It opens 08:00–18:00, Mon–Fri. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.5 from 2 reviews (November 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Hatfield Community Free School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Southfield School ages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected July 2024 0.2 miles
- St Philip Howard Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.2 miles
- Oak View Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.3 miles
- Countess Anne Church of England School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- Birchwood Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected February 2024 0.7 miles
- Birchwood Avenue Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.7 miles
- De Havilland Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.7 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What are Squirrels Day Nursery's opening hours?
Squirrels Day Nursery opens 08:00–18:00, Mon–Fri.
What is Squirrels Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Squirrels Day Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 27 March 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Squirrels Day Nursery take?
Squirrels Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 50 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Squirrels Day Nursery?
Hatfield (Herts) is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Squirrels Day Nursery?
You can call 01707 260899.
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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 EY450036 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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