Partou Chiltern Avenue Day Nursery & Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Amersham 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 December 2023. Open since 2014, with 50 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
HP6 5AEWhat 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, 20 December 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are warmly greeted by kind and caring staff. There are strong bonds between the staff and children. This helps children to feel safe and secure. Staff have high expectations for children's learning and behaviour. They use children's life events to support their emotions. For instance, staff talk with children about how they care for their new baby sisters and brothers. This helps children learn about empathy and kindness.
Staff support children's health and well-being very well. Staff in the baby room work with parents from the outset to closely follow their individual routines. Babies are happy in the care of familiar adults. Staff speak softly and sensitively to all babies to help with communication. Babies' language skills benefit from hearing the spoken word and songs throughout the day. Sleeping arrangements are safe and effective, meaning babies and toddlers get the rest they need. Nutritious meals are prepared by the nursery chef and dietary requirements are carefully implemented by the staff team.
Children develop their imagination skills through play. For example, older children develop their role-play skills as they pretend to make different foods. Children eagerly invite staff to join in their play. Staff ensure that children have resources to support their growing interests as they use factual cooking books.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review and improve the monitoring and coaching of staff to enhance the delivery of the curriculum and to support individual staff to strengthen their interactions with children.
- 20 December 2023Good
- 6 February 2018Good
- 18 August 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Partou Chiltern Avenue Day Nursery & Pre-School
- 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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