Marlow Bottom Pre-School CIO
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Marlow for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £6.75 an hour for over 2 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2015, with 28 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
For children over 2 years old we can offer up to 15 hours free funding per week from the Government, with any unfunded sessions charged at £6.75 per hour.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Up to 15 hours free funding per week from the Government for children over 2 years old; extended entitlement for working parents provides an additional 15 hours, total 30 hours per week (although preschool is limited to 29 hours per week).
Worth knowing. Funded children can attend a morning session 9am – 12pm, an afternoon session 12.30pm – 3.30pm or all day, 9am – 3.30pm with lunch at 12 noon. Funded children attending a morning or afternoon session may also stay for lunch.
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
SL7 3NAWhat 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, 3 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Inviting and motivating activities await children when they arrive at this welcoming pre-school. Staff greet children warmly, and they settle quickly. Children arrive eager to begin their day and excitedly seek out their friends. Younger children play alongside each other amicably. Older children work cooperatively, confidently talking to each other about what they are doing. They swiftly become absorbed in the learning opportunities provided.
Staff talk clearly to children and listen carefully to what children have to say.
Children benefit from the close attention they receive from staff. For example, they become competent at using knives safely as they cut up vegetables to make pretend soup. Children benefit from inspiring and fun learning opportunities outdoors. They master their physical skills and extend their understanding of the world during regular forest school sessions. For example, children of all ages make bird feeders. They show perseverance and patience as they carefully thread cereal onto pipe cleaners and are delighted with the result.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- further develop the understanding of roles and responsibilities for those with oversight of the provision, to ensure they carry out their duties effectively n ensure that staff have an overview of children as they play in order to intervene in a timely manner when disagreements occur.
- 3 February 2023Good
- 21 June 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Marlow Bottom Pre-School CIO
- 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 £6.75 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.