Monksfield Way Children's Centre Early Years Service
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Slough for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 16:15, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2016, with 40 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Slough
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Slough 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
SL2 1QXWhat 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, 5 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are friendly, inquisitive and confident learners at this highly inclusive setting. They quickly form strong attachments with key staff who are very caring and kind. Staff get to know children and families well. This means that children settle with ease and build a true sense of belonging. When new children feel a little anxious, staff swiftly offer them plenty of reassurance and cuddles.
Staff create a stimulating learning environment, indoors and outdoors to captivate children's interests. For instance, they enhance older children's understanding of mixing colours when children decorate a large cloth on the garden fence. They experiment with blending different colours of paint together and notice that brown is often a common outcome. Younger children freely explore adding real vegetables into containers with different amounts of water and observe what happens.
Experiences such as these support children's continual good progress.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support all staff to more consistently recognise when to extend and challenge children's learning during spontaneous play n strengthen and closely monitor staff's knowledge and skills in helping children gain a broader understanding of early mathematics.
- 5 November 2024Good
- 25 February 2019Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Monksfield Way Children's Centre Early Years Service
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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