Manor Grove Montessori Ltd
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Buckingham for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £70.58 a day for over Two's, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2023. Open since 2008, with 20 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Minimum 2 days a week.
| Age | Full day | Session | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under Two'sbirth to 2y | £72.858am - 6pm | £39.92Afternoon 1pm - 6pm, 5 hrs £41.42Morning 8am - 1pm, 5 hrs £49.67School day 9am - 3pm, 6 hrs | £351.88Full time, 8am - 6pm, five days a week | |
| Over Two's2y to 5y | £70.588am - 6pm | £38.36Afternoon 1pm - 6pm, 5 hrs £39.90Morning 8am - 1pm, 5 hrs £47.80School day 9am - 3pm, 6 hrs | £340.98Full time, 8am - 6pm, five days a week |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £8.00 a session Breakfast Club
- £8.00 an hour An extra hour can be booked onto a school daysubject to availability
- £10.00 per 15 minutes Late fee chargefor every 5 minutes
- £22.00 a session After-school care
Discounts
- 10% 10% sibling discounttaken from the lowest fees
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours of childcare funding per week for 9 months old's plus; 30 hours when child reaches age of three.
Worth knowing. If you are using funding during a morning/afternoon session, you will be required to pay an additional £3.96 for lunch and £2.96 for tea or provide a packed meal.
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
MK18 4RBWhat 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, 31 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff teach children how to keep themselves safe. For example, staff help children to learn about road safety when on on outings, and teach them about the need to wear a helmet when riding tricycles to protect their head. Children develop good relationships with their key person. They benefit from flexible settling-in sessions, where they have the time to familiarise themselves with their environment.
Children are happy and confident. They select toys that they wish to play with and return them when finished.
Children are well behaved and demonstrate extremely kind and respectful behaviour towards their peers. For instance, children hold out their hand to invite others to join in. They copy positive behaviours from staff, who act as role models in their everyday interactions with children. Children are curious learners and staff help them to follow their own interests well. For example, when children find a snail, staff help them to look at it through magnifying glasses. Children learn that they have found a snail and not a slug. As they go on to ask further questions, staff help children to understand how they can find answers to their questions.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide staff support to help them understand how to use consistent strategies to promote children's understanding of language and routines n strengthen partnerships with parents to make sure that they know what their children are working on next and that they understand how they can help their children's learning at home.
- 31 July 2023Good
- 30 January 2018Good
- 10 April 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Manor Grove Montessori Ltd
- 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 £70.58 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.
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