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Nurseries in Rickmansworth

There are 14 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Rickmansworth, and 17 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Rickmansworth

  • Ofsted report cards: 1 setting (6 Strong standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 9 settings (4 Outstanding, 5 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Anouskas Day Nursery - Day nursery, Rickmansworth WD3 4TG, 113 places
  • Berry Lane Nursery - Day nursery, Rickmansworth WD3 7HQ, ages 2 to 4, 42 places
    Ofsted, 24 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Blooming Tulips Montessori Nursery School - Day nursery, Rickmansworth WD3 1EH, ages 1 to 3, 55 places
    Ofsted report card, 4 September 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Boys & Girls Nursery (Rickmansworth) Limited - Day nursery, Rickmansworth WD3 4EG, ages 0 to 4, 100 places
    Ofsted, 1 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Footsteps Pre-School - Pre-school, Rickmansworth WD3 9SS, 42 places
  • Get Set 4 Tennis CIC - Pre-school, Rickmansworth WD3 9SL
  • Hillside Pre - School (Chorleywood) Ltd - Pre-school, Rickmansworth WD3 5AS, ages 2 to 4, 18 places
    Ofsted, 16 December 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Jack in the Box at Rickmansworth - Pre-school, Rickmansworth WD3 1NY, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 3 December 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • New Road Preschool - Pre-school, Rickmansworth WD3 3EL, ages 2 to 3, 23 places
    Ofsted, 1 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Old MacDonald's Day Nursery - Day nursery, Rickmansworth WD3 5BN, ages 0 to 4, 66 places
    Ofsted, 4 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Partou Shepherds Lane Day Nursery & Pre-School - Day nursery, Rickmansworth WD3 8JJ, ages 0 to 9, 80 places
    Ofsted, 24 November 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rickmansworth Nursery School - Pre-school, Rickmansworth WD3 1HU, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 21 January 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sarratt Ducklings Pre-School - Pre-school, Rickmansworth WD3 6AS, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 23 February 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Woodland Wanderers Montessori Forest School - Rickmansworth - Day nursery, Rickmansworth WD3 1JB, 50 places

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • art-K Croxley Green - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 3BZ
  • Cascade Camps at York House School - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 4LW, 126 places
  • Croxley Green Kumon Study Centre - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 3QL
  • Dynamic Ducks - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 1HU, 32 places
  • Junior Adventures Group @ Merchant Taylors Prep School - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 1LW, 60 places
  • Let's Play @ William Penn Leisure Centre - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 8JN
  • Little Hands Adventure Club - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 7HG, 25 places
  • Little Hands Adventure Club - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 8HD, 35 places
  • Mini Bytes Services Limited (trading as Code Ninjas Borehamwood) - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 4LW
  • Mini Bytes Services Limited (trading as Code Ninjas Borehamwood) - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 4HF
  • Premier Education - Merchant Taylors' Prep School - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 1LW, 16 places
  • Stagecoach Chorleywood and Rickmansworth - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 6EW
  • Stagecoach Chorleywood And Rickmansworth - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 3NJ
  • Super Camps at the Royal Masonic School for Girls - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 4HF, 150 places
  • The After School Hub - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 4BT, 30 places
  • The J K Club Russell - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 5RR, 50 places
  • Yorke Mead School Playscheme - Out-of-school club, Rickmansworth WD3 3PX, 75 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 Rickmansworth

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