27 nurseries in Hemel Hempstead

Every day nursery in Hemel Hempstead on the Ofsted register, best rated first, with what a place costs in East of England after the free hours.

27 day nurseries

2 rated Outstanding

1 with a new report card (4%)

1,585 places in total

£141 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Best-rated nurseries in Hemel Hempstead

The top of our Hemel Hempstead ranking: Ofsted's outcome first, then the newest inspection.

Best-rated day nurseries in Hemel Hempstead
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	Lime Grove Day Nursery HP1 1JT	Outstanding	27 September 2024	102
2	Old Macdonald's Day Nursery HP3 0JW	Outstanding	10 January 2023	74
3	Flower Pots Day Nursery (Chaulden) HP1 2BW	Good	24 March 2025	89
4	Woodhall Farm Pre-School HP2 7JX	Good	12 November 2024	35
5	Partou Bourne Explorers Day Nursery & Pre-School HP1 2RQ	Good	25 June 2024	48

Day nurseries in Hemel Hempstead, best rated first

All 27 day nurseries in Hemel Hempstead
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	Lime Grove Day Nursery HP1 1JT	Outstanding	27 September 2024	102
2	Old Macdonald's Day Nursery HP3 0JW	Outstanding	10 January 2023	74
3	Flower Pots Day Nursery (Chaulden) HP1 2BW	Good	24 March 2025	89
4	Woodhall Farm Pre-School HP2 7JX	Good	12 November 2024	35
5	Partou Bourne Explorers Day Nursery & Pre-School HP1 2RQ	Good	25 June 2024	48
6	Boxmoor Pre-school HP1 1PF	Good	21 May 2024	28
7	The Bees Knees Day Nursery HP2 5TD	Good	11 April 2024	60
8	Rising Stars (Grove Hill) Limited HP2 6BJ	Good	14 March 2024	40
9	Little Oaks Pre-School HP2 4EW	Good	24 January 2024	32
10	The house that Jack built nursery HP3 8EW	Good	20 July 2023	51
11	Kindred Hemel Hempstead HP1 2RE	Good	19 July 2023	68
12	Little Raccoons Day Nursery (Apsley) HP3 9XE	Good	4 May 2023	36
13	Old MacDonald's Day Nursery HP2 4SA	Good	4 April 2023	80
14	St Barnabas Pre-School HP2 4HY	Good	28 March 2023	60
15	Gadebridge Nursery & Pre-School HP1 3LG	Good	17 January 2023	36
16	Busy Bees Aspsley HP3 9RG	Good	5 January 2023	88
17	St Nicholas Nursery HP2 4JQ	Good	23 September 2022	74
18	Flower Pots Day Nursery (Boxmoor) HP1 1QU	Good	31 August 2022	85
19	Squirrels Day Nurseries (Hemel) Ltd HP2 5NT	Good	5 July 2022	36
20	Flower Pots Day Nursery (Apsley) HP3 9SP	Good	29 June 2022	100
21	Bright Horizons Potten End Day Nursery and Preschool HP1 3BN	Good	21 June 2022	92
22	Footsteps Nursery & Pre-School HP1 1EL	Good	31 March 2022	30
23	Abbot's Hill Nursery HP3 8RP	Good	8 September 2016	61
24	Flower Pots Day Nursery HP2 5DZ	Needs attention in 2 of 6	8 April 2026	91
25	Armadillo's Nursery - Hemel Hempstead HP2 7DP	Not yet graded	Not yet	34
26	Bam & Tata's Day Nursery HP1 3LG	Not yet graded	Not yet	55
27	IQ Plus HP3 9SE	Not yet graded	Not yet

How the ranking works: our ranking policy. What the grades mean: Ofsted report cards explained.

Nurseries by postcode in Hemel Hempstead

Hemel Hempstead is in Hertfordshire.

Nursery fees in Hemel Hempstead

What day nurseries in East of England charge on average. Fees in Hemel Hempstead itself can sit above or below this.

Average weekly price in term time, East of England, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age	25 hours a week	50 hours a week
Under 2	£192no funded hours	£155after 30 funded hours
2 years old	£176no funded hours	£141after 30 funded hours
3 to 4 years old	£67after the free 15 hours	£135after 30 funded hours

Regional average, not any one nursery's price. Source: Coram Childcare Survey 2026. Work out your own monthly cost.

30 hours free childcare in Hemel Hempstead

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in Hemel Hempstead as anywhere in England. Every day nursery listed here is registered with Ofsted, which is what a nursery needs to offer them.

Check which hours your child can get

Who	Free hours a week
Working parents, child from 9 months	30 hours
Every 3 and 4 year old	15 hours
2 year olds in families getting some benefits	15 hours

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.