Barnowls Nursery Limited
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Aylesbury for children from birth to 8+, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 October 2023. Open since 2010, with 66 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
HP22 5JDWhat 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, 17 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The manager has a clear intent for the curriculum and what children will learn. This encourages them to be independent and active, develop a love of books and reading, and communicate effectively. There is also a focus on encouraging children to use mathematics in their play. The curriculum is successful because of its simplicity. All staff know and understand what children need to learn, and it is successfully implemented across all the age ranges. As a result, children do well at the nursery. They arrive with enthusiasm and show eagerness and excitement for their learning. Staff appreciate that teaching is a two-way process and that they need to stand back, at times, and allow children to absorb new learning. Children show their ability to put their learning into action. For example, they use counting and simple addition throughout the day. At lunchtime, children realise that two extra chairs are needed for all children to be able to sit down. Younger children count during songs and rhymes and begin to place numbers in the correct order.
Staff provide children with nurturing and genuine care and affection. They are superb role models for how to treat people with kindness and respect. Children replicate this in their interactions with each other. Children's behaviour is excellent.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- expand on communication with parents to provide all parents with enough information so that they feel confident in supporting children's learning at home.
- develop supervision for the staff and manager to provide them with feedback that enables them to enhance their practice and increase their confidence in their roles.
- 17 October 2023Good
- 8 February 2018Good
- 12 February 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Barnowls Nursery Limited
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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