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Nurseries in Potters Bar

There are 12 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Potters Bar, and 6 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Potters Bar

  • Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (6 Strong standard, 12 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 9 settings (9 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Alpha Bears Day Care Nursery - Day nursery, Potters Bar EN6 5BQ, ages 1 to 4, 41 places
    Ofsted, 21 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Brooklands Cove - Day nursery, Potters Bar EN6 3BN, ages 1 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted report card, 8 May 2026: Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 2 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Canopy Nurseries Potters Bar - Day nursery, Potters Bar EN6 5DB, ages 1 to 4, 81 places
    Ofsted, 2 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cuffley Hill Preschool - Pre-school, Potters Bar EN6 4EY, ages 2 to 3, 30 places
    Ofsted, 30 November 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Bear Cubs Pre-School - Day nursery, Potters Bar EN6 4NW, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 14 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Elms Montessori Nursery - Day nursery, Potters Bar EN6 3BP, ages 2 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted report card, 25 March 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Little Heath Nursery Playgroup - Pre-school, Potters Bar EN6 1JJ, ages 2 to 4, 22 places
    Ofsted, 2 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Starjumps Nursery, Creche and Out of School Provision - Day nursery, Potters Bar EN6 3BW, ages 1 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 11 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St. John's Nursery Playgroup - Pre-school, Potters Bar EN6 2DZ, ages 2 to 5, 40 places
    Ofsted, 11 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St John's Nursery Playgroup, Wayside - Pre-school, Potters Bar EN6 5NE, ages 2 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted report card, 4 March 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • The Potters Bar Day Nursery and Pre-school - Day nursery, Potters Bar EN6 5AT, ages 1 to 4, 53 places
    Ofsted, 3 August 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tilbury Nursery - Pre-school, Potters Bar EN6 1BZ, ages 2 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted, 10 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Club Excel at Dame Alice Owen's School - Out-of-school club, Potters Bar EN6 2DU, 150 places
  • Complete Sports Ltd - The Wroxham School - Out-of-school club, Potters Bar EN6 3DJ, 20 places
  • Fun Fest Potters Bar - Out-of-school club, Potters Bar EN6 2BA, 48 places
  • Good Shepherd Clubs at Lochinver House School - Out-of-school club, Potters Bar EN6 1LW, 35 places
  • Kip McGrath - Potters Bar - Out-of-school club, Potters Bar EN6 5DR
  • Premier Education - Northaw - Out-of-school club, Potters Bar EN6 4PB, 20 places

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Potters Bar

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.