St Nicholas Day Nursery

Bennetts End House, Eastwick Road, Hemel Hempstead HP2 4JQ
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9.9 98 Reviews
  • St Nicholas Day Nursery, Hemel Hempstead
Occupying a converted manor house, St Nicholas Day Nursery is one of the oldest nurseries in the country. The home from home nursery was refurbished in 2020 providing a new, modern feel inside their converted grade 2 listed manor house setting. The nursery offers exceptional care, enriched by unique learning opportunities for your child. One such experience is child-friendly cooking classes, helping to equip children with valuable skills and deeper knowledge of the cooking process.

Inside, there are four rooms carefully designed with age-appropriate resources to aid the learning and development of your little one.

The homely setting is surrounded by extensive and secure grounds offering all age groups a vast area for physical activities. The garden, which was redesigned and refurbished in 2017, includes a mini woodland nature walk and growing area in order to give children the opportunity to further explore and extend their play.

The nursery place strong importance on outdoor learning and the children engage in regular forestry sessions throughout the week in order to explore and discover the outside world. Each age group also has their own garden space to explore.

St Nicholas is central to local schools and over the past 50 years have built strong links so that the children’s transition from nursery to school is as easy and smooth as possible – for both the children and parents!

Care Provided by St Nicholas Day Nursery

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Privately Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Frankie Bignall (Nursery Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 17
  • Total Places for Children
  • 75
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 0 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:30-18:30
    Tuesday 07:30-18:30
    Wednesday 07:30-18:30
    Thursday 07:30-18:30
    Friday 07:30-18:30
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Funding & Fees Guide for St Nicholas Day Nursery

  • AM/PM Session £52.90
    Full Day Session £86.60
    Short Day £71.50


    We're making childcare more accessible to families:


    * FREE nursery childcare for siblings of registered children!*
    * Fully flexible
    * No meal, consumable or enhancement charges
    * Part & fully funded places available


    * Terms and conditions apply


  • A £100 non-refundable registration fee is required to secure a place. Exact days of attendance should be confirmed no later than 6 weeks prior to the child’s start date. Any changes are subject to availability.


  • Parking
  • There is a small parking area available for parents and visitors.


St Nicholas Day Nursery Reviews (98)

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St Nicholas Day Nursery has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.938) out of 10, based on 27 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time St Nicholas Day Nursery has 98 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Both girls have been extremely happy here. They loved the environment, food, teachers etc.
Well done all of you!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We have had a good review and are happy with our son's progress. He enjoys nursery and has learnt a lot.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Great nursery, loving and very caring staff. My daughter's confidence has grown huge amounts since starting the nursery. Lots of activities daily and plenty of learning resources. A great nursery that I would definitely recommend.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Good Nursery.
My daughter learns a lot.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The staff are wonderful, so welcoming, caring and nurturing. Our son has grown so much in confidence since he joined. He is always excited to go and the staff are the reason he loves it so much.
They always seem to do lots of different activities and lots of outdoor time, which is very important to
us. I would highly recommend and we are so glad we chose to send our son there.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I have been extremely happy with the care received for both of my girls.
both have a fantastic time each day and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend St Nicks.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Excellent nursery

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

As from when my daughter has joined the nursery I have had no issues. The staff are very polite and friendly. My daughter always talks about her keyworker and a few other staff members in a good way and she is always keen on coming back.
If I had any questions they are always answered with no hesitation
and always informed on her progress.
I would recommend this nursery and my son will also be starting here soon.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

St Nicholas nursery is an amazing nursery and I wouldn't want to send my children to any other nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

St. Nicholas is a fantastic nursery that both my children have attended. The facilities are amazing and the staff are brilliant. I cannot fault the care. My child loves it.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our son is learning lots in the nursery and his speech has improved a lot. No issues and would highly recommend it.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Parents evening went well. Staff explained in detail about my daughter and how well she is doing.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The staff are excellent. I always feel like my son is looked after as well as if it were me caring for him.
Staff show care and concern for his learning, safety and overall wellbeing often going over and above to ensure he is cared for!
Staff highlight potential hurdles to me and help to resolve
them. Staff show support for me as well as my son.
The learning opportunities are second to none!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Very happy with the nursery.
Excellent staff, experienced, well established. Excellent communication with parents.
My older child also had an excellent experience at this nursery and my youngest is now also having an enriched experience.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I am very pleased with St Nicholas Nursery and the staff. My daughter loves it here, she has enjoyed every room (Twinkle Stars, Stars and Sunshines) the staff are very welcoming. The rooms are always clean and bright with all the lovely displays. My daughter loves the BIG garden and tells me how she
is outside a lot 'we done a bear hunt outside', 'we looked at the bogs'. I would and have recommended this nursery.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son comes to this nursery and has had a few developmental issues. This nursery has helped and supported me and my child through them, amazing nursery with AMAZING staff.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My two daughters attend St Nicholas Nursery, I feel the staff are exceptionally friendly and always keep me informed of my daughters' progress and learning. My daughters are always excited to go to nursery and come home happy. The staff have built lovely friendships with my daughters and I feel very
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

All the settling in sessions were very good. Lots of information about my child was taken and they took the time to get to know her. The organisation is good and emails from the nursery provider are useful. Any payment/voucher queries have been swiftly dealt with. My daughter is happy and well looked
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I was so nervous about putting my son into nursery at 18 months old. I was quickly put at ease by the room leader at the time. When my son was being moved up to the toddler room I felt so anxious for him, I had no need to be at all. They are so caring, they really make so much effort with my child and
myself, I'm always informed of how my sons day has been etc, they really are fantastic, he has learnt so much. My son absolutely loves coming to nursery, it's time for my son to move up a class again and yet again I'm not disappointed with how much son is looked after. Thank so much, I can't wait for my daughter to start nursery and for her to enjoy it as much as my son does. I would highly recommend St Nicholas Nursery to any parent.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

St Nicholas Nursery has been amazing for our two children. I found the initial choice of nursery really difficult, as it's hard to really know what goes on beyond an introductory tour, but I'm so glad that we made the right choice. What I find really sets the nursery apart are the following:
1) The
staff - there seems to be really good staff retention, with a wonderful mix of age, gender and personality, but an over-riding feeling of enjoyment and caring.
2) Individual requirements - one of our children has had special dietary needs, which the nursery has catered for thoughtfully and without any sense of difficulty.
3) Outside space - the garden is huge, shady and a wonderful place to explore. I read that children need 3 hours exercise a day - it would be difficult to say that most settings could provide this, but St Nicholas' massive garden really helps the children run. And run. And run.
4) Accommodating family life - the nursery love to build activities around home events.
Thankyou!

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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.938)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.938) out of 10 for St Nicholas Day Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 27 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 27 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.938 for St Nicholas Day Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (306 Excellents x 5) + (16 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 324 Ratings = 4.938

  • b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5').

    The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for St Nicholas Day Nursery is based on 27 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4

    • ii) 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 75 number of registered child places is 15, which has been reached with 27 Positive reviews. Points = 1

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Frankie

Frankie

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Joined: 2007

Qualifications: NVQ3, DSL, Paediatric First Aid, Food Hygiene