Nuffy Bear Day Nursery St Albans

Nuffield Health St Albans, Highfield Park Drive, St Albans AL4 0AH
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9.9 53 Reviews
  • Nuffy Bear Day Nursery St Albans, St Albans
Nuffy Bear Day Nursery “St Albans” is conveniently situated on the site of Nuffield Health’s St Albans Fitness and Wellbeing gym. The nursery caters for children aged 3 months to 5 years, where they will be grouped into rooms specially designed for their age and development. Their kind, caring staff work closely with parents to ensure children’s individual learning needs are met.

The Nursery benefits from a home from home environment, delicious, healthy meals prepared on-site by the qualified chef, free gym membership with every full time nursery place, they are uniquely qualified to teach your child to swim from the age of 3 years and support your child being active.

Parents are supported by a flexible, inviting nursery, within which their children can flourish, children can immerse themselves in a wide range of fun, exciting resources, creative activities and free childcare (funding).

The nursery day can be split into sessions. The morning session runs from 8am to 1pm, the afternoon session from 1pm to 6pm and full day sessions are from 8am to 6pm. They offer an early drop off session 07:30 - 08:00 and a late pick up session 18:00 - 18:30.

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Care Provided by Nuffy Bear Day Nursery St Albans

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Tiffany Ballard (Nursery Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 23
  • Registered Charity Number
  • 205533
  • Total Places for Children
  • 48
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 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 & 1 week at Christmas

Funding & Fees Guide for Nuffy Bear Day Nursery St Albans

  • *Prices as of April 2024*
    - Morning Session - 8am-1pm - £50.50 per session
    - Afternoon Session - 1pm-6pm - £48.50 per session
    - All Day Session - 8am-6pm - £82.50 per session
    - Extended All Day Session 7:30am-6:30pm - £88.00 per session
    - Just An Early Drop Off - 7:30am-8am - £9.50 per session
    - Just A Late Pick Up - 6pm-6:30pm - £9.50 per session

  • All sessions include snacks/meals, except for funding sessions.
    Funding options vary with the option to pay for snacks/meals or provide your child's snacks/meals with no charge.
    We do have a packed lunch policy to follow.
  • Parking

  • There is free on site parking and child/parent parking bays right by the entrance.


Nuffy Bear Day Nursery St Albans Reviews (53)

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Nuffy Bear Day Nursery St Albans has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.916) out of 10, based on 17 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Nuffy Bear Day Nursery St Albans has 53 reviews.

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Review from Susie W (Mother of Child) published on 20 February 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The nursery is a nurturing, fun environment and both my children are flourishing there. The children are encouraged to develop and grow from the moment the start.


The food is varied and nutritious.


There is s forest garden and an outdoor, undercover soft play for the children.


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lessons are held for children of all ages and once they are over 3 they also have swimming lessons.


It's a wonderful environment and I have two happy children enjoying their nursery journey.


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Review from Tracy D (Mother of Child) published on 20 February 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Both my sons have used Nuffy Bear Day Nursery St Albans. Both didn't want to go to the crèche to start with but after their first time, they both loved it. I always came back to happy faces of excitement when I collected. The staff are warm and friendly and interact with the children through play and
learn. I would highly recommend this nursery.

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Review from Rosie M (Mother of Child) published on 20 February 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our daughter has been to Nuffy Bear Day Nursery St Albans since she was six months old and she loves it. The nursery has seen many changes and yet the staff have remained unconditionally committed and positive throughout. They have kept Nuffy Bear Day Nursery St Albans an interesting and inspiring place
for our children to flourish and grow. They have been consistent in maintaining high standards in education and fun! I'm always amazed and in awe at what my daughter achieves on a daily/weekly basis. I can always ask for advice about changes in my daughter's behaviour and I never feel as though I am on my own. The staff are reassuring and kind and I wouldn't have confirmed in my highly stressful/long hour's job without them and of course my husband!!

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Review from J C (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son is very happy at Nuffy Bear Day Nursery St Albans. The care he receives is fantastic and he has never had a day where he doesn't want to go. The staff are approachable and the food is varied and healthy. I strongly recommend it.

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Review from Helen S (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Both children are very happy here. Friendly staff and caring.

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Review from David W (Father of Child) published on 13 February 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter's carers are super. They explain to us every night when we collect her what she's done, eaten and how she's slept. Very informative.


My daughter is always happy when we collect her. Good experience overall and happy she is at this nursery.


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Review from Monika F (Mother of Child) published on 13 February 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My daughter has been going to Nuffy Bear Day Nursery St Albans for the past 12 months and she absolutely loves it. I feel she has really benefitted from the relaxed, warm and amazing staff. She loves creative messy play and soft play outside.


Overall, she settled really well and became a confident

little girl.

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Review from Alexandra E (Mother of Child) published on 6 February 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Both of our children have attended Nuffy Bear since they were 9 months old. The nursery has great facilities e.g. access to nature garden and soft play as well as being able to use some of the Nuffield Health gym's facilities including the swimming pool. They also bring in external teachers for subjects
such as French and football. The staff have always been great with our children and they have always enjoyed attending.

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Review from Claire F (Mother of Child) published on 6 February 2018
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Initially hesitant about using a nursery inside a health centre, but all the staff have been excellent. Management very responsive and my daughter enjoyed being there. The end of day feedback was excellent, I liked their system of capturing how my daughter had been feeling/eating etc. I attended one
parents evening, which was very comprehensive and I was impressed with how much they wrote down on her progress. Also excellent value and easy to park!

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Review from Stuart C (Father of Child) published on 1 February 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My wife and I are delighted with the care Nuffy Bear (St Albans) Have provided our son.


He is offered a huge range of stimulating activities (true in every room/age group he has been in). They also make excellent use of the facilities they have at their disposal at the gym (squash courts for play,

swimming pool etc.).


The staff are approachable, knowledgeable and clearly enjoy their time with the children. I have never seen anything other than smiles and energy emanating from the staff. In addition to this, they have a real bond with our son.


The management has been excellent in all our dealings with them and couldn't be more attentive, polite and friendly.


Ultimately, our son absolutely loves going to nursery and he comes home well fed, well entertained, making progress, extremely well looked after and safe. What more could you want?


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Review from Beth B (Mother of Child) published on 4 May 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5

In our time at Nuffy Bear they twice misused their debit permissions overdrawing from my account money they were not owed. It took a month on the first occasion to get my money returned. They have a few outstanding staff members and a few mediocre ones. Management seemed constantly stressed and/or
absent when needed. Processes and communication lines were flawed. I felt children were safe but at the preschool level under stimulated and not properly prepared for school. This may have been partly due to staffing problems in our time there. Outside space seemed good as it had a great covered soft play area but on several occasions it wasn't used as they were understaffed or similar. There are much better places especially for older children.

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Review from Karla G (Mother of Child) published on 26 April 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has been looked after extremely well and has enjoyed doing lots of new activities. Her confidence and grown lots as a result of the support and care from the nursery staff. I feel relaxed and happy knowing she is in good hands!

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Review from Katie O (Mother of Child) published on 19 August 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter absolutely loves her time here. The staff are very friendly and professional and I find the daily feedback sheets most informative. It is obvious that the staff care a lot about the children and do their best to make the time that they spend at the nursery both stimulating and fun.

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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.916)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.916) out of 10 for Nuffy Bear Day Nursery St Albans 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 17 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 17 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 4.916 for Nuffy Bear Day Nursery St Albans is calculated as follows: ( (185 Excellents x 5) + (17 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 202 Ratings = 4.916

  • 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 Nuffy Bear Day Nursery St Albans is based on 17 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 48 number of registered child places is 9.6, which has been reached with 17 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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Tiffany

Tiffany Ballard

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Joined: 2016

Hello, I am the Nursery Manager at Nuffy Bear Day Nursery in St Albans.


I have worked in the childcare sector for 10+ years and have a whole wealth of knowledge and understanding when it comes to children, I am also a mummy to a little girl.


I completed my NVQ Level 3 qualification & have experience being an unqualified practitioner and worked my way up to a senior/ 3rd in charge, deputy & now nursery Manager. I have a huge passion for what I do and I want to ensure that all our children grow & thrive from attending our nursery setting.


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