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Nurseries in Welwyn Garden City

There are 17 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Welwyn Garden City, and 13 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Welwyn Garden City

  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 12 settings (5 Outstanding, 7 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Annabel's Montessori School - Day nursery, Welwyn Garden City AL7 1DH, ages 2 to 5, 40 places
    Ofsted, 29 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Apple Daycare Ltd (Lemsford) - Day nursery, Welwyn Garden City AL8 7TT, ages 1 to 3, 46 places
    Ofsted, 9 December 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Attimore Barn Nursery & Pre-School Ltd - Pre-school, Welwyn Garden City AL7 2AD, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 10 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Barn Close PreSchool - Pre-school, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SP, 20 places
  • Busy Bees Day Nursery at Welwyn Garden City - Day nursery, Welwyn Garden City AL7 1TN, ages 0 to 4, 85 places
    Ofsted, 22 November 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Carter's Sunflowers - Pre-school, Welwyn Garden City AL7 1AY, 32 places
  • Creswick Pre-School - Pre-school, Welwyn Garden City AL7 4FL, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted, 18 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • FCL Welwyn (Applecroft School) - Pre-school, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6JZ
  • Hardings Nursery & Pre-School Ltd - Pre-school, Welwyn Garden City AL7 2HB, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 6 November 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kids Inc Day Nursery - Day nursery, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6HG, ages 1 to 3, 97 places
    Ofsted, 21 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Tulips Day Nursery - Day nursery, Welwyn Garden City AL7 3TP, ages 0 to 4, 65 places
    Ofsted, 21 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Parkway Pre-School - Pre-school, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6HN, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted, 7 July 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rowan Tree Day Nursery - Day nursery, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6QW, ages 0 to 4, 75 places
    Ofsted, 4 May 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Squirrels Nurseries (Welwyn) - Day nursery, Welwyn Garden City AL7 3RP, ages 0 to 4, 86 places
    Ofsted, 23 July 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stagecoach Welwyn-Hatfield - Pre-school, Welwyn Garden City AL7 4FL
  • TSF Springmead Primary School - Pre-school, Welwyn Garden City AL7 2HB, 80 places
  • Whanau Day Nursery Welwyn GC - Day nursery, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6NT, ages 0 to 4, 70 places
    Ofsted, 17 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Barracudas – Welwyn Ridgeway - Out-of-school club, Welwyn Garden City AL7 2AF, 180 places
  • Code Ninjas Welwyn Garden City - Out-of-school club, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6JZ
  • Complete Sports Ltd - Waterside Academy - Out-of-school club, Welwyn Garden City AL7 1NZ, 15 places
  • Explore Learning Welwyn Garden City - Out-of-school club, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SA
  • FizzBug @ Peartree Primary School - Out-of-school club, Welwyn Garden City AL7 3XW, 30 places
  • FizzBug @ Watchlytes Primary School - Out-of-school club, Welwyn Garden City AL7 2AZ, 60 places
  • Jousters At Applecroft - Out-of-school club, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6JZ, 60 places
  • Little Voices East Hertfordshire - Out-of-school club, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6JZ
  • Premier Homerswood Holiday Club - Out-of-school club, Welwyn Garden City AL8 7RF
  • Premier Our Lady Wrap Around Care - Out-of-school club, Welwyn Garden City AL7 3TF, 16 places
  • Rising Stars Wrap Around Clubs - Out-of-school club, Welwyn Garden City AL7 1QY, 30 places
  • Stagecoach Welwyn Garden City - Out-of-school club, Welwyn Garden City AL7 3JP
  • Theatretrain Welwyn-Hatfield - Out-of-school club, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6YR

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 Welwyn Garden City

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