Full-day nursery in Watford, Hertfordshire
The Little Learners Montessori Watford
62-78 Merton Road, Watford, WD18 0WY · 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
Fees
Fees and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
- Monday to Friday
- 07:30–18:00
Ages: not published yet.
Getting there
62-78 Merton Road, Watford, WD18 0WY · More nurseries in WD18
Stations
- Watford High Street10 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Watford Junction19 min walk · 0.7 miles
- Watford19 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
16 bus stops within 400 m, including Marlborough Road, Wiggenhall Road and St Mary's Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Cassiobury Park9 min walk
- Harwoods Recreation Ground12 min walk
- Waterfields Recreation Ground12 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Charter School Playground8 min walk
- Watford Fields Playground10 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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The Little Learners Montessori Watford is a full-day nursery at 62-78 Merton Road, Watford, WD18 0WY, in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 90 children. It opens 07:30–18:00, Mon–Fri. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.8 from 101 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Little Learners Montessori Ltd.
Run by Little Learners Montessori Ltd (company), which runs 4 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Little Learners Montessori WatfordThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | 07:30–18:00 | not shared yet | This nursery |
| St Mary's Pre-SchoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.2 miles |
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| Building Blocks Preschool Nurseries LtdFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Chater Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Chater Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected July 2024 0.3 miles
- Watford St John's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected February 2025 0.4 miles
- Field Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.4 miles
- Watford Field School (Infant & Nursery) Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.4 miles
- Central Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.4 miles
- Laurance Haines School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- Lanchester Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.6 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 The Little Learners Montessori Watford's opening hours?
The Little Learners Montessori Watford opens 07:30–18:00, Mon–Fri.
What is The Little Learners Montessori Watford's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Little Learners Montessori Watford Good at its inspection on 22 July 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Little Learners Montessori Watford take?
The Little Learners Montessori Watford is registered with Ofsted for up to 90 children at any one time.
Who runs The Little Learners Montessori Watford?
The Little Learners Montessori Watford is run by Little Learners Montessori Ltd, which runs 4 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to The Little Learners Montessori Watford?
Watford High Street is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact The Little Learners Montessori Watford?
You can call 01923 804488 and visit thelittlelearners.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 11 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 11 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY540707 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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