Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Wing
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Leighton Buzzard for children from birth to 5, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2023, with 60 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 Buckinghamshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Buckinghamshire 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
LU7 0NYWhat 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.
- 13 January 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 4 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
In the short amount of time the manager has been in post she has made multiple positive changes. The curriculum intent is clear and well sequenced with a focus on building children's independence and good communication. The manager is continually reviewing the curriculum to check it is effective in motivating children to learn. All children make good progress in their development, and staff monitor their learning effectively to identify their next steps. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) flourish at the nursery. Staff work effectively with external professionals to help them develop support plans for children. Adaptations in the environment ensure that all children have equal opportunities to access the full curriculum. Children with SEND show tenacity and determination to be right in the heart of learning and activities. Children's empathy and understanding of others mean they readily play and learn together well.
Staff support children's behaviour successfully and are good role models. Children talk about their emotions and how they are feeling. Through using puppets and role play, children express themselves and their strong emotions. Children's behaviour is consistently good. Staff are building on children's social skills further by helping them to learn about good manners and politeness when playing together. This contributes towards the productive and happy atmosphere in the nursery.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- increase staff confidence in delivering the curriculum intent so it becomes embedded in their practice and is consistently implemented across the nursery n find out more information about children's home lives and past experiences to build closer partnerships with families and strengthen the key-person relationships even further.
- 4 June 2024Good
Still missing for Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Wing
- What it costs
- 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
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.
- 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.
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