Little Oaks Community Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Milton Keynes for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £45.00 a day for 2 year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2022. Open since 1994, with 55 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 year olds2y to 3y | £45.00All day | £22.50Morning or Afternoon | |
| 3+ year olds3y to 5y | £42.00All day | £21.00Afternoon or Morning, 3 hrs |
Funded hours
15 and 30 hour funding, Time for Twos.
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
MK17 8LHWhat 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, 15 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children start their day with big smiles. Staff greet them happily and they eagerly settle to their play. Children enjoy a broad range of exciting learning opportunities that staff plan for them. All children, including those with special educational needs and those who speak English as an additional language, make good progress from their starting points.
Children demonstrate high levels of involvement in their self-chosen play. For example, younger children play in the sand. They concentrate intently as they use tools to scoop and carefully fill containers. They develop their hand muscles, rolling, squeezing and moulding play dough into different shapes. Older children select items and place them in wheelbarrows, which they competently steer around avoiding obstacles.
Children learn to manage their own safety effectively. For example, they make decisions about the best place to put their hands and feet, as they travel up the climbing wall. Children learn about road safety. For instance, during their imaginary play, they learn about the colours of traffic lights and how to cross the road.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review deployment of staff at routine times to help promote children's developing independence, listening and attention skills more effectively n build on strategies already used to help children gain a secure understanding of what is expected of them and why.
- 15 March 2022Good
- 25 June 2015Outstanding
- 2 March 2011Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Oaks Community Nursery
- 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 £45.00 a day 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.