Schorne Pre-school
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in North Marston for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:45 to 14:45, 5 days a week. £39.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2023. Open since 1989, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £39.006 hour day | £6.50 |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
All 3 to 4-year-olds in England can get 570 free hours per year. It’s usually taken as 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year.
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
MK18 3PAWhat 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 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children's developmental and emotional needs are at the heart of all that the manager and staff do. The manager sees the potential in all children and is fully committed to ensuring children can achieve to their very best during their time at pre-school. Staff share the same vision.
Staff have built a curriculum that gives children the skills and dispositions they need for their future learning. Children learn a lot and also learn to love learning.
Staff carefully, and expertly, weave children's individual learning needs into the broader curriculum. Staff's support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is exemplary. All children receive highly effective teaching, with an extremely well-considered programme of adult-led and childinitiated learning experiences. All children thrive, in regard to both their learning and emotional well-being.
- 15 November 2023Outstanding
- 31 January 2018Outstanding
- 19 May 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Schorne Pre-school
- 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.
- Is £39.00 a day still the rate? 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
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