Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Aylesbury
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.1 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Aylesbury for babies from 9 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2022. Open since 2018, with 69 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Eligible families can access 15 or 30 hours funded childcare and may also use Tax-Free Childcare.
Worth knowing. Additional charges apply for meals, consumables (such as nappies, wipes, and sunscreen), trips, and any extra hours beyond the funded entitlement.
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
HP20 1PHWhat 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.
- 7 November 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 7 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children have access to a well-planned curriculum that promotes all areas of learning. They happily engage in a range of games in the garden, such as 'what's the time the manager?'. They patiently wait for their friend to tell them the time and count the number of steps forward. Children squeal with excitement as the wolf shouts 'dinner time' and runs after them. This supports them in learning simple rules, listening, taking turns and socialising with their friends.
Staff demonstrate the actions to the songs they sing, to help younger children follow the movements. Children have great fun, putting their arm in and out, while they learn the words to the 'Hokey Cokey'. They smile and clap to show their enjoyment.
Children behave well and develop a positive attitude to learning. They generally focus on what they are doing for long periods of time. Children are kind and caring towards their friends. For example, they go and get their friend a tissue. Babies are learning simple rules, such as when staff remind them to use their 'kind hands'.
- 7 March 2022Good
- 9 September 2021Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Aylesbury
- What it costs
- Meals
- 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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