Ashbourne Day Nurseries At Central Milton Keynes
Good★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Milton Keynes for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2021, though that is 5 years ago now. Open since 2019, with 80 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Milton Keynes
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Milton Keynes 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
MK6 2PNWhat 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, 27 May 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children celebrate difference and learn tolerance and respect in this multicultural city centre nursery where managers, staff and parents work hard to raise standards and improve lives.
Children are happy and safe in a secure environment. They enjoy small-parts play with lots of natural materials and this supports their creative and imaginative skills effectively. To a child, for example, a stick can be an aeroplane or part of a model.
Children choose to use pine cones for counting or print with them in paint. Preschool children particularly enjoy mixing their own play dough and using it in their role play games. Older children eagerly anticipate the regular phonics sessions and actively take part in stressing the 'sound of the week' as they repeat 'The baby baboon eats a banana'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to plan the sequencing of children's learning, to offer the highest levels of challenge.
- 27 May 2021Good
- 10 September 2019Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ashbourne Day Nurseries At Central Milton Keynes
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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