Opening hours
7.30am until 6.30pm all year round, except for bank holidays and one week over the Christmas period.
Sugarcane Nursery Nursery on the Heath
Ofsted: Good
(May 2025)
Number of places
68 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2025
Local authority
Essex
About this day nursery
Sugarcane Nursery LTD, known as Nursery on the Heath, is a childcare setting on non-domestic premises located in Marketing House, Hatfield Heath, Nr Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. Registered in 2011, it provides full day care for children aged 0 to 4.
The nursery operates from 7:30 am until 6:30 pm all year round, closing only for bank holidays and one week over the Christmas period. With a capacity for 68 children and currently having 43 on roll, the nursery benefits from a dedicated team of 15 staff members.
Eight of these staff hold relevant childcare qualifications at level 3 or above, ensuring a high standard of care and education. The nursery has shown significant improvement since its previous inspection, moving from an "Inadequate" rating to an overall "Good" effectiveness in its latest inspection on 21 May 2025.
It actively provides government-funded early years education for all eligible children and prioritises children's personal development and fosters positive behaviour and attitudes.
What it's like
Children make good progress at the nursery due to the dedication and hard work of staff and leaders. Many improvements have been made, processes are embedded, and staff confidently fulfil their roles. Children settle quickly, welcomed by friendly staff, and older children participate in daily risk assessments to learn about safety.
Good progressDedicated staffEffective safeguardingStrong communication skillsIndependence nurtured
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All_year
Established
2011
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Sugarcane Nursery Nursery on the Heath
Last inspected 21 May 2025
Overall effectiveness
Good
What it's like to attend
Children make good progress at the nursery due to the dedication and hard work of staff and leaders. Many improvements have been made, processes are embedded, and staff confidently fulfil their roles. Children settle quickly, welcomed by friendly staff, and older children participate in daily risk assessments to learn about safety.
Inspector highlights
- Children make good progress thanks to the dedication and hard work of staff and leaders.
- Processes are embedded and staff fulfil their roles confidently, helping children to settle quickly.
- Older children participate in daily risk assessments, learning about safety.
- Staff prioritise teaching children to interact positively and use manners, fostering good relationships among children.
- Staff have strong knowledge of the children and monitor progress carefully, identifying and addressing areas for support swiftly.
- Children become more independent as they move through the nursery, with younger children serving themselves and older children identifying allergies.
- Staff effectively support children's communication and language skills, from babies’ first words to pre-school discussions.
- Leaders are reflective and have worked hard to build staff knowledge and practice since the last inspection.
- The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with an open and positive culture that puts children's interests first.
Areas to develop
- 1Support staff to plan and deliver learning opportunities that challenge and extend children and are tailored to children's individual ages and stages of development.
Inspection #10379677 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Parent Reviews of Sugarcane Nursery Nursery on the Heath
3.0
(2)
Michael J. Wass
in the last week
My son has been hurt twice by the same child, in the same manner, which ultimately drew blood both times. In response to the 1st time, our only request was to make sure the two of them would be separated and not have further interactions unsupervised. After a formal complaint and an in person meeting with the manager we were told it wouldn't happen again. Well, it happened again today. As a paying parent, this is unacceptable that I need to worry about my child in while in their care. I will be making a further complaint as obviously they haven't taken this seriously.
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katie Bourne
9 years ago
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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2025
Date: February 2012
- May 2025Good
- December 2024Inadequate
- February 2022Outstanding
- February 2017Good
- September 2013Good
- July 2013Inadequate
- February 2012Outstanding
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