First Place Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Beaconsfield for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2022. Open since 2015, with 41 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 2WHWhat 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.
- 19 November 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 7 December 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled at the nursery. They are warmly welcomed by staff, who know them well. Children enjoy a good range of toys and resources. They show pleasure and excitement in the activities planned by staff. For example, they enjoy listening to stories that staff animate to ignite children's imagination. This supports their speech and language development well.
Children benefit from effective procedures when they first start. This helps to promote positive key-person relationships. For instance, when children start nursery, they have settling-in sessions at different times of the day. This helps them become familiar with their new environment, different toys and new people.
Staff mirror children's sleep routines effectively, which supports them to feel safe and secure. Most children behave well and, overall, staff have high expectations for their behaviour. Staff use simple language to help children follow instructions promptly. For instance, older children wait until everyone is seated and served at mealtimes before they all start to eat.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - develop all staff's knowledge and understanding of the curriculum intent to enable them to provide consistently effective teaching during activities, to further support children's learning and development n build children's awareness of caring for themselves and others, and develop staff's recognition of when to offer children prompt support, to help them gain and embed more skills for the future.
- 7 December 2022Good
- 6 June 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for First Place Nursery
- 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.