Ollie Owl Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Chesham for babies from 3 months up to school age, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 2014, with 74 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
2 year old funding offered; 3 & 4 year old universal and extended funding offered.
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
HP5 3EDWhat 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.
- 16 July 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 17 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in this nurturing and welcoming setting. They have warm and caring attachments with staff and demonstrate they feel emotionally secure. Staff know children well and provide a stimulating learning environment for children of all ages. They identify children's individual next steps in learning and provide activities that promote these effectively. Staff follow proactive systems to prepare children for when they move on to other settings, such as school.
Staff encourage children from a young age to develop a real interest in books.
Toddlers select board books independently, turn the pages and point at the pictures. Staff make books available for children to take home and enjoy with their family, cultivating children's early love of reading.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- extend children's good mathematical skills, supporting staff to recognise and build on the opportunities that occur in children's everyday play and activity.
- 17 March 2022Good
- 3 January 2017Good
- 30 June 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ollie Owl Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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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