Childcare4u
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Beaconsfield for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2017, with 61 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
HP9 2PEWhat 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.
- 26 July 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 23 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Leaders and staff have made significant improvements since the last inspection.
Staff are now positive role models for children. They help them learn the behaviours expected of them and children's behaviour is now good. Children are kind to each other. They learn to share, take turns and cooperate as they play.
Children are safe and happy in this warm and welcoming nursery. They have secure attachments with staff, who are kind and caring. Children eagerly join in with the wide range of activities offered and enjoy their time at the setting. They show high levels of engagement in activities of their own choosing. For example, toddlers fill a variety of vehicles with shredded paper. They show delight and excitement as they press buttons to make lights flash and vehicles move.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review and improve the organisation of activities to minimise distractions and further support children's listening and attention skills n strengthen teaching strategies to more consistently promote children's early number and mathematical skills.
- 23 May 2024Good
- 29 June 2023Needs improvement
- 24 September 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Childcare4u
- 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.