Full-day nursery in Broad Colney, Hertfordshire
The Village Pre-School
St Bernadette Catholic Primary School, Walsingham Way, London Colney, St. Albans, AL2 1NL · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
St Bernadette Catholic Primary School, Walsingham Way, London Colney, St. Albans, AL2 1NL · More nurseries in AL2
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Walsingham Way, Caledon Road and Telford Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground3 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.
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The Village Pre-School is a full-day nursery at St Bernadette Catholic Primary School, Walsingham Way, London Colney, St. Albans, AL2 1NL, in Broad Colney, Hertfordshire. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11has a nursery class under 0.1 miles
- Bowmansgreen Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.2 miles
- London Colney Primary & Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.5 miles
- Clore Shalom School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 1.2 miles
- Radlett Lodge School ages 5–19 1.4 miles
- Samuel Ryder Academy All-throughages 4–19Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 1.4 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 1.7 miles
- Park Street Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 1.7 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 The Village Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Village Pre-School Good at its inspection on 16 January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
What is the nearest station to The Village Pre-School?
Park Street is the nearest station we know of, 1.7 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 2645092 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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