Romsey Close Children's Centre Early Years Service
Outstanding★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Slough for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2016, with 48 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 Slough
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Slough 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 8PEWhat 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, 13 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive and thoroughly enjoy their time in this highly inclusive and nurturing setting. They are eager to arrive and immediately engage in the wide range of interesting and stimulating activities staff set up for them. Staff are attentive, welcoming and caring. Consequently, children build strong bonds not only with their key person but with all staff. This helps children to feel safe and secure and paves the way for seamless transitions when they move up to the next room. For example, babies wave to and greet staff they recognise who work in other rooms when they play in the garden.
The broad and deeply embedded curriculum is fully extended in the outdoor areas.
As a result, children are constantly engaged and completely immersed in their learning. Children are enthused by their chosen activities and seek their friends out to join them. For example, they insist that their friends must come and make bird food with them to hang on the trees in the garden. Children focus intently, developing their fine motor skills while they thread cereal onto multicoloured pipe cleaners. While doing so, staff skilfully introduce new vocabulary and initiate conversations about the wildlife around them.
- 13 January 2025Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 4 February 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Romsey Close Children's Centre Early Years Service
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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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