Eaton Mill Nursery
Good★ 4.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Milton Keynes for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:35 to 15:20, 5 days a week. £6.00 a session for 2 Year Olds. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2005, with 70 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Year Olds2y to 3y | £6.00Lunch £24.00PM or AM | |
| 3/4 Year Olds3y to 4y | £6.00Lunch £22.00PM or AM |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.00 per 15 minutes late chargeif the child(ren) are not collected on time
Discounts
- 10% 10% fee reductionsecond and subsequent siblings
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
What childcare usually costs in Milton Keynes
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Milton Keynes 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
MK2 3AHWhat 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, 13 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy their time at this nursery. Children happily enter and separate easily from their carers. Staff provide children with interesting, fun environments, both indoors and outdoors, in which to learn. Children make good progress. Staff are gentle in their approach to the children. Children are spoken to with respect, and staff are genuinely kind and reassuring. They teach children the skills they need for successful future learning and the transition to school. Staff gently implement the rules and boundaries of the nursery, for example 'kind hands', 'good listening' and 'helping others'.
Overall, managers develop a rich and varied curriculum that builds on what children already know and can do. Staff provide children with a wide range of activities and resources that help to motivate them to play and learn. Children successfully manage their own risks when they negotiate space to ride their scooters and bicycles. The manager and staff plan a variety of experiences for children to promote all areas of learning. They make effective use of the local community, such as when local paramedics visited to teach children about their role in keeping people safe. This helps to raise children's awareness of the local community and the wider world around them.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review and improve on staff's questioning techniques to enable children to have more time to think, respond and demonstrate what they know and understand.
- 13 February 2024Good
- 26 March 2018Good
- 20 December 2017Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Eaton Mill Nursery
- Funded hours
- 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.
- Is £6.00 a session still the rate? 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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