Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 7:30am – 6:30pm, 51 weeks per year (excluding bank holidays)
Tiny Toes Day Nursery & Pre-School, established in 2003 by two working mothers, provides a nurturing "home-from-home" atmosphere in Hertford. Unlike corporate chains, this independent, family-run nursery prioritises individual attention by intentionally limiting class sizes, fostering meaningful relationships between staff, children, and families.
The nursery caters to children aged 3 months to 5 years, with a dedicated baby unit for ages 6 to 18 months that opened in 2025, offering a secluded environment with a private garden and sensory resources. Tiny Toes stands out as the sole Curiosity Approach accredited nursery in Hertford, integrating Montessori principles and contemporary early-years research into its child-led, play-based curriculum.
This approach aims to cultivate curiosity, wonder, and independence, preparing children for school with advanced problem-solving and communication skills.
Our ethos
We proudly operate as the only Curiosity Approach® accredited nursery in the Hertford area. Drawing inspiration from Montessori principles and modern early-years research is what we do. Our child-led, play-based philosophy brings curiosity, awe, and wonder into everyday learning. Encouraging children to become confident, creative, and independent thinkers.
What it's like
Children happily enter the nurturing nursery, and they are eager to participate in the stimulating activities. This immediately promotes their curiosity. Children are exceptionally kind and caring towards each other from a young age. They are extremely respectful to each other, and they have a consistently positive attitude in their play and learning.
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Monday to Friday, 7:30am – 6:30pm, 51 weeks per year (excluding bank holidays)
Age range
3 months to 5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Food
Meals are provided
Established
2017
Last inspected 2 June 2021 · Lorraine Pike
What it's like to attend
Children happily enter the nurturing nursery, and they are eager to participate in the stimulating activities. This immediately promotes their curiosity. Children are exceptionally kind and caring towards each other from a young age. They are extremely respectful to each other, and they have a consistently positive attitude in their play and learning.
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Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents are highly complimentary of the nursery; they describe staff as 'amazing'.
Inclusion & environment
Staff work well with parents to support children who speak English as an additional language, and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This helps to ensure that all children make good progress.
Children benefit from a good range of activities to support their physical development. They enjoy healthy foods and spend quality time outside in the fresh air. All children learn to take manageable risks. Children also enjoy regular visits to the local park. They develop an increased control of a ball, and have fun jumping in puddles.
Tiny toes have been great so far for my son. They are always willing to listen to any of my concerns as crazy as they may be as a new first time Mum. They have taken time to ensure my son is happy and well loved at nursery. It took a while for him to settle and as he isn't there everyday, they always took extra care to ensure he was happy. He loves his key worker Kat. He has a really close bond with her which is really reassuring to know. She has a lot of patience with my son and she has taken time to really get to know his lovely personality. She also often messages me to inform me of what he has been up to especially on specially good days. Which is really appreciated. I hope he continues to have a few more very happy years there.
Read on GoogleWe couldn’t be happier with the baby room at Tiny Toes. From the very beginning, the staff have been exceptionally caring and kind, creating a truly nurturing and supportive environment for the children. The nursery has a lovely intimate feel, which makes it warm and welcoming rather than overwhelming, and it’s clear that each child is genuinely known and valued as an individual. Cleanliness is outstanding — the nursery is always spotlessly clean and well organised, which gives real peace of mind as a parent. Communication has also been excellent; we are kept well informed about our child’s day, progress, and any updates, and the staff are always approachable and happy to talk. Overall, this nursery provides a safe, loving, and high-quality environment, and we would wholeheartedly recommend it to any parent looking for exceptional care.
Read on GoogleMy daughter has been attending Tiny Toes since May, first in the baby room and now in the toddler room. We are so thrilled with how well she settled in and how she loves her days at the nursery. At drop off, she doesn’t even look back at us as she’s raring to go off on her day’s adventures and she always seems happy and calm in her surroundings as we arrive to collect her. The food offerings are varied and nutritious and the activities offering each day also seem to be varied with loads of opportunities for the kids to learn. Our daughter happily sings the alphabet song to us, which is not something she’s learnt from home. I honestly couldn’t fault the nursery and I’m glad that our initial positive impression of the place has not been changed. A particular shoutout to our girl’s key worker, Kat, who is knowledgeable and kind in keeping her happy and safe. Similarly, Lucy and Maureen are credits to the team and it’s clear that the babies love them all. Thank you Tiny Toes.
Read on GoogleI’m so glad that we were able to secure a place for my son at Tiny Toes. Amy has been my son’s key worker from 6 months to 2, and she has just been incredible for us and for him. They have the most wonderful bond still to this day, and it brings a lot of comfort to us to know that he’s been looked after someone who loves him as much as we do. He’s since moved into the new room and has Jodie as his key worker now, who has been equally as amazing and who is just as caring - we’ve been so lucky to have such a lovely group of women taking care of our son, it’s such a scary time going back to work and making the decision to leave your child with someone else, but everyone is really lovely and you can tell all the children love going.
Read on GoogleWe are so glad we chose Tiny Toes for our twins, they both loved it from day one. The new baby room is fantastic, it is such a lovely space with a garden area which looks out onto the river, our daughter loves the ducks! The whole baby room team are fantastic and so warm and friendly. Molly, our twins key worker, has been amazing, the twins love her, and she definitely had her hands full taking on both of them at the same time! Even at the end of a long day Molly is always so enthusiastic and makes time to tell us about the twins day when we come and pick them up. The twins have learnt so much since starting nursery, it's so lovely to see. Thank you Tiny Toes!
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Most recent inspection
2 June 2021
Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.
View full Ofsted reportTiny Toes Day Day Nursery & Pre-School (Hertford) Limited registered in 2017. The nursery employs 16 members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds qualified teacher status, two hold relevant childcare qualifications at level 6 and 12 hold qualifications at level 2 or 3. The nursery opens from 7.30am until 6.30pm, all year round. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-yearold children.
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