Nuffy Bear Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Slough for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2000, with 60 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 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
SL3 6NBWhat 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.
- 6 January 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 28 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff form trusting relationships with children. They regularly give cuddles to babies who are settling to reassure them. Staff ask children how they are feeling and provide an area where they can relax and sit quietly. They help children to learn language to enable them to speak about their emotions and how they feel.
Children have a positive attitude to learning. They concentrate for long periods, focusing on the task at hand. Staff provide good levels of interaction to support children's learning and ask questions to teach children how to problem-solve for themselves. Children learn about other cultures through a range of exciting activities. For instance, they taste noodles and learn how to say 'Happy New Year'
in Chinese during celebrations for the Chinese New Year.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the information provided to parents about their child's progress and care, ensuring consistency, and provide them with more detail about the early years curriculum and how it is delivered.
- 28 February 2024Good
- 23 March 2023Needs improvement
- 31 August 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Nuffy Bear Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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
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.
- 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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