Full-day nursery in Walkern, Hertfordshire
Walkern Pre School
C/O Walkern Primary School, High Street, Walkern, STEVENAGE, SG2 7NS · 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 May 1991Reference 149665Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 29 January 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places30 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 13 February 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
C/O Walkern Primary School, High Street, Walkern, STEVENAGE, SG2 7NS · More nurseries in SG2
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Cherry Tree Rise and Maltings.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground4 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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Walkern Pre School is a full-day nursery at C/O Walkern Primary School, High Street, Walkern, STEVENAGE, SG2 7NS, in Walkern, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Walkern Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Benington Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 1.4 miles
- Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 1.5 miles
- Lodge Farm Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected April 2025 1.8 miles
- Martins Wood Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 1.9 miles
- Camps Hill Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2024 1.9 miles
- The Nobel School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 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 Walkern Pre School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Walkern Pre School Good at its inspection on 29 January 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Walkern Pre School take?
Walkern Pre School is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
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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
- 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 149665 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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