Aflah Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Oxford for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:30 to 14:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2014, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours/week of funded childcare.
What childcare usually costs in Oxfordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Oxfordshire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
OX4 3BYWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 23 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
All children are warmly welcomed into the nursery by the friendly, familiar staff.
Staff spend time with children and get to know them when they first start. This helps children to settle quickly. Children are gaining in confidence and behave well.
Children enjoy activities such as sensory play with shredded paper, gloop and porridge oats. Staff extend children's language by providing them with descriptive words, such as soft, sticky and crumbly. Children make marks for a purpose with a range of resources. For example, children use clip boards to make marks in the construction area and a range of tools to make marks with paint, such as, rollers, brushes and cotton buds. This supports children's early writing skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- refine the planning of adult-led activities and ensure that the intent for the curriculum is consistently implemented in practice n plan the routine effectively, so waiting times are reduced and children are supported to remain engaged in learning n ensure that staff give clear messages to children about the importance of adopting healthy lifestyle habits.
- 23 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 2 May 2019Good
- 19 July 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Aflah Nursery
- What it costs
- Meals
- Nappies
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.