Best Nursery (Arlesey)
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Arlesey for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2016, with 65 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 Central Bedfordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Central Bedfordshire 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
SG15 6SLWhat 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, 21 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide children with an interesting and welcoming environment at this bright and busy nursery. Staff plan activities with children's interests in mind, which helps children to engage in learning and develop their concentration. When children in the pre-school room enjoy finding plastic bugs in some mud indoors, staff encourage children to look for real-life bugs in the garden. They enable children to complete the task by providing good-quality resources, including magnifying pots and a bug checklist. Children investigate areas of the garden with staff by looking under logs and digging in planters. They excitedly tell staff they have found a slug and continue looking for more. This helps to build on children's curiosity about nature and develop a genuine love of learning.
Children are developing a strong sense of self at the nursery. Staff say babies'
names when they roll balls to them. This helps babies begin to understand when it is their turn and when it is their friend's turn. Staff help older children to recognise and name emotions. Children are beginning to learn about how to regulate their feelings and behaviour. Children feel safe to share when they have had minor disagreements with their friends. Staff help them to understand how to negotiate these moments and how to help their friends feel better. As a result, children show others how to be kind to their friends.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to consistently build on activities to further stretch and challenge children's thinking.
- 21 May 2024Good
- 27 June 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Best Nursery (Arlesey)
- 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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