St John's Methodist Church
Baker Street, Potters Bar, Herts, EN6 2DZ
Email  enquiries@stjohnsbakerstreet.co.uk

Welcome to St John's Nursery Playgroups

St John's Nursery Playgroup has been meeting at St John's Methodist Church since September 1965, offering high quality education and care for nearly 60 years. The playgroup is owned by St John's Methodist Church, Potters Bar and governed by the Playgroup Board who is accountable to the Church Council of St John's Methodist Church. The Playgroup Board is made up of church members plus the Manager and Leaders of both settings chaired by Dr John Sloper. Since September 2016 the Playgroup has been officially recognised by Ofsted as being part of the St John's Methodist Church Charity and accordingly we have had to re-register with Ofsted as a 'new' setting with a new number (EY538418).

In September 2018 we were judged Good by Ofsted under our new registration number EY538418. See the report here.

We work in close partnership with our playgroup which moved from Potters Bar Oakmere Primary school (where we who were judged Outstanding by Ofsted in December 2018) to their new site at the Wayside Jubilee Centre.

As part of our continuing commitment to work at the highest levels, St John's Nursery Playgroups are members of several organisations and have signed up for organisations which further improve our quality and professionalism:

• St John's Nursery Playgroup has been a member of Early Years Alliance for many years, having benefitted from their expertise relating to children in Early Years. They are able to provide up to date advice and have a workforce committed to making sure the voice of our youngest members of society are heard, mostly via early years leaders and owners.

Our Vision

Through our vision to be recognised as providing an outstanding service to the community it serves, St John's Nursery Playgroup will, in partnership with parents and carers, enable all children to start their unique journeys as confident, independent and lifelong learners.

At St John's

• we provide high quality care and education through play experiences for children below statutory school age;
• We work in partnership with parents to help children to learn and develop;
• We add to the life and well-being of the local community; and
• We offer children and their parents a service which promotes equality and values diversity.

We hope you will find all the information you need to learn about St John's Nursery Playgroup at St John's Methodist Church on this site. You can find out more about St John's Nursery Playgroup at Oakmere School St John’s Nursery Playgroup based at the Wayside Jubilee Centre; please click here.

Please go to our [ Parents' Information ] section for full details.