Small Wonders Pre-school
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Milton Keynes for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:30 to 14:30, 5 days a week. £34.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 1993, with 30 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, price list dated September 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £34.00All day | £13.60Half day PM £17.00Half day AM |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.40 a session Lunch session
- £5.00 a day Breakfast Club
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours for 3/4 year olds, 15 hours for eligible 2 year olds, 30 hours for eligible 2, 3 & 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. A small contributions fee will be charged for all funded children.
What childcare usually costs in Milton Keynes
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Milton Keynes 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
MK8 0ASWhat 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, 29 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children have a wonderful time at pre-school. They make friends and engage in many well-planned and interesting activities. They enjoy reading books and joining in with action songs and rhymes. Children show excitement and joy as they clap and jump along to the songs. Staff encourage and praise their enthusiasm, join in, and model the language and actions for the children.
Staff help children to develop their communication and language through meaningful interactions, where they provide dialogue about what the children are doing. They help children to retell their favourite stories. Children use resources to make props for different parts of the story. They talk about healthy lifestyles and food that helps them to grow. For example, they discuss the book 'The Very
Hungry Caterpillar' and what he ate each day.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen opportunities for children to further develop their independence skills n enhance staff interactions to help children to develop their own ideas further.
- 29 April 2024Good
- 5 July 2018Good
- 18 June 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Small Wonders 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 £34.00 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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