Beehive Pre-school
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Maidenhead for from 2 years 6 months up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £5.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2023. Open since 1992, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
This should be booked in advance at an hourly cost of £ 5.50
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours, plus 2-year-old funding.
What childcare usually costs in Windsor and Maidenhead
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Windsor and Maidenhead 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
SL6 8AWWhat 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, 26 September 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children's unique starting points and family structures are taken into account when planning for their learning and development. Staff and managers know children and their families well. They work together with parents/carers to ensure that children feel welcomed, comfortable and valued in the pre-school. Staff provide children with a daily routine that promotes their independence and supports their self-care skills. For example, children are eager to come into the pre-school. They find their own picture and coat peg and automatically go to wash their hands before they settle down to play.
Staff skilfully support children's language and communication development. They introduce new words and extend children's vocabulary during activities. For instance, when rolling out dough, staff show children an 'oval' shape and ask them to roll it in their 'palms'. Experienced staff ensure that activities are made accessible for all children. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive targeted support. All children remain highly engaged in their learning for significant lengths of time. Children receive constant encouragement and praise to help them develop a can-do attitude, and they keep trying until they succeed.
Children enjoy learning about how to keep their teeth healthy. They practise brushing away food made from dough on model teeth and talk about healthy foods at mealtimes. Staff are well deployed to support children and keep them safe during their physical play. Staff provide experiences that contain suitable elements of risk and challenge to support their physical development and understanding of personal safety.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's skills in supporting children to think through and understand the impact of their behaviour on others n strengthen existing supervision arrangements for the manager and staff to support their ongoing professional development and teaching skills.
- 26 September 2023Good
- 1 February 2018Good
- 22 May 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Beehive Pre-school
- 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.
- Is £5.50 an hour still the rate? 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.