Full-day nursery in North Watford, Hertfordshire
Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Watford Junction
Watford Junction Station, Station Road, WATFORD, WD17 1AB · 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, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Watford Junction Station, Station Road, WATFORD, WD17 1AB · More nurseries in WD17
Stations
- Watford Junction2 min walk · under 0.1 miles
- Watford North20 min walk · 0.8 miles
- Watford High Street21 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
16 bus stops within 400 m, including Watford Junction Railway Station, Railway Bridge and Hallam Close.
Parks and playgrounds
- Old Fountain4 min walk
- Reeds Garden5 min walk
- Radlett Road Playing fields11 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Stamford Road Playground6 min walk
- St Johns Road Playground7 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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Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Watford Junction is a full-day nursery at Watford Junction Station, Station Road, WATFORD, WD17 1AB, in North Watford, Hertfordshire. It is registered for 57 children. 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 4.4 from 11 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Buffer Bear Limited.
Run by Buffer Bear Limited (company), which runs 11 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Watford JunctionThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- 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 0.5 miles
- Lanchester Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.5 miles
- Knutsford Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.6 miles
- Central Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.6 miles
- Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.7 miles
- Parkgate Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)inspected July 2024 0.7 miles
- Nascot Wood Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.7 miles
- Chater Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.8 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 Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Watford Junction's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Watford Junction Good at its inspection on 30 July 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Watford Junction take?
Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Watford Junction is registered with Ofsted for up to 57 children at any one time.
Who runs Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Watford Junction?
Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Watford Junction is run by Buffer Bear Limited, which runs 11 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Watford Junction?
Watford Junction is the nearest station we know of, under 0.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Watford Junction?
You can call 01923 234316 and visit www.littlepioneers.coop.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 130628 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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