Oakley Pre-school CIO
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Aylesbury for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2024, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Government Funding is accepted on all sessions.
Worth knowing. For Government Funded sessions, parents can choose Core Provision, or the Enhanced Provision option.
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
HP18 9QYWhat 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, 15 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff warmly welcome children to the pre-school and share pertinent information with parents as they greet them. Children are happy and confident and quickly settle into the dedicated pre-school environment. Those requiring some additional support are sensitively supported by staff to resolve their worries and settle into the day. Children move confidently between the indoor and outdoor spaces, making choices of where they wish to play and learn.
Children behave extremely well and understand staff's high expectations of them.
They play collaboratively and staff quickly deal with any minor disagreements. Staff support children to recognise and name their emotions and feelings, which helps them to begin to develop the skills needed to regulate their own reactions and behaviours.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consistently share information with parents about children's progress and next steps in learning to keep them better informed and to help them further support their children's learning at home n support staff to recognise opportunities when they can encourage children to develop their independence skills further.
- 15 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
Still missing for Oakley Pre-school CIO
- What it costs
- Meals
- Nappies
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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.