Ickford Pre-School Incorporating After School Club
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Aylesbury for from 2 years up to school age, open 15:15 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £7.30 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2022. Open since 1992, with 38 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £7.00Breakfast Club 7:45am - 9:00am with breakfast £7.30After-School Club 3:30pm - 4:30pm £18.25After-School Club 3:30pm - 6:00pm, 2.5 hrs £23.10Pre-School 9:00am - 12:00pm, 3 hrs £25.00Pre-School 12:00pm - 3:15pm, 3.2 hrs £30.80Pre-School 9:00am - 1:00pm, 4 hrs £48.13Pre-School 9:00am - 3:15pm, 6.2 hrs | £7.30After-School Club £7.30/hour £7.70Pre-School £7.70/hour inc consumables |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.50 a session Breakfast Club 8:15am - 9:00am without breakfast
- £4.50 pre-booked hot meal at 5:00pm
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
2 year funding, 3/4 year funding up to 30 hours per week.
Worth knowing. Funded hours run from 08:15 - 15:15.
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
HP18 9HYWhat 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, 9 December 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children flourish in this welcoming and bright environment. They are happy and safe and arrive excited for their day. They confidently approach staff and other children to join in with activities. Managers and staff consider children's interests and individual needs when planning the curriculum. This helps them make good progress in their learning. For example, children bring in a toy or object of interest from home to use during show and tell. They take turns talking to their friends about their choice, promoting language and listening skills.
Children behave well. Staff have high expectations of children, and they encourage them to be confident and independent. They help with tasks, such as peeling and cutting fruit for snack time and following instructions during tidy-up time. Children are enthusiastic about their creativity and imaginative play. Staff provide a range of opportunities for children to make choices. For example, they independently choose what they would like to use to make their creations.
Staff recognise the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and support children with communication and social skills. For example, they create spaces where children can go when they are feeling overwhelmed or need to regulate their emotions.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review planning to help staff identify all potential opportunities to develop children's knowledge and skills within their activities n support staff to monitor children's engagement in learning and recognise when to encourage children to explore new opportunities.
- 9 December 2022Good
- 12 December 2016Good
- 16 September 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ickford Pre-School Incorporating After School Club
- 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 £7.30 an hour still the rate? 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.
- 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.