Grasshopper Day Nursery (Aylesbury)
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Aylesbury 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 Outstanding by Ofsted in August 2023. Open since 2013, with 73 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
HP21 9PDWhat 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.
- 14 May 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 31 August 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children receive an outstanding start to their education. Each child is recognised as a unique individual, and the manager and her team have the highest aspirations for them. Children separate with confidence from their parents and carers. They form strong attachments with their key person. As such, children thrive due to the care they receive. This helps them feel safe and secure in the care of the professional and dedicated staff.
The manager and her team have designed an incredibly ambitious curriculum.
Children access inspiring play spaces that spark their curiosity and imagination. For instance, staff create a superb small-world activity in response to children's interests in dinosaurs. The quality of teaching is exceptional. Staff's interactions extend children's knowledge and skills across all areas of the curriculum. For instance, as children are painting dinosaurs, staff use factual books to extend their knowledge. Children engage in conversation with staff and learn the names of the dinosaurs and interesting facts, such as that some dinosaurs were carnivores while others were omnivores.
- 31 August 2023Outstanding
- 18 January 2018Outstanding
- 5 September 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Grasshopper Day Nursery (Aylesbury)
- 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
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