Princes Risborough Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Princes Risborough for children from birth to 5, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 2023. Open since 2021, with 35 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
HP27 9DNWhat 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.
- 28 July 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 24 November 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 13 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children demonstrate that they are happy and secure at this setting. The atmosphere in the nursery is calm and relaxing as children freely explore and choose which activities they engage with. Children demonstrate good concentration and resilience in problem-solving. For example, when they struggle to fit puzzles together, they do not give up. They accept staff suggestions, such as to twist or turn them. They persevere until they are successful. The key-person system is well established in the nursery. Children form close bonds with staff, who know children well. They are aware of their individual interests and stages of development.
Children's behaviour is good. Staff model positive behaviour and children listen to staff and understand the behaviour expectations, which help to keep them safe at nursery. Staff work in partnership with parents well to share information about children's care needs, interests and development. Staff offer frequent encouragement to children. This helps to promote children's self-confidence.
All children get plenty of exercise. They enjoy playing in the nursery garden every day. Children develop their physical skills well. They climb steps to the slide and roll hoops to each other.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review staff's use of vocabulary when interacting with children to use clear words to help children build on their already good communication skills n support staff to develop the already good-quality teaching, to extend children's learning during the implementation of the curriculum to the highest level.
- 13 March 2023Good
- 12 October 2022Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Princes Risborough 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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