Spring - RAF Halton
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Aylesbury for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2025. Open since 2016, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
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
HP22 5PGWhat 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 April 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are greeted with warmth by caring staff who are genuinely delighted to see them. Staff take time to build strong connections with children and their families before they start. Individualised settling-in procedures cater to each child's unique needs. This allows them to quickly feel comfortable and eagerly participate in activities of their choice. Staff serve as strong role models who have high expectations for children's behaviour. Children from military families are supported well. Staff work with children and parents to support them through times of deployment, acknowledging this can be a difficult time, for all involved.
Overall, children's interests are followed well and staff use these to plan activities to support them in their learning. For example, younger children enjoy exploring loose parts in the tuff tray. Older children measure out ingredients to make their own gingerbread, recalling prior learning from the traditional tale of 'The
Gingerbread Man.' Children behave well and listen to instructions. They are polite and older children use please and thank you, unprompted.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to fully understand the intent behind the curriculum to more precisely identify, and plan for, individual children's learning needs n improve how children and key people can spend more time together to build further on children's attachments and feelings of belonging and security.
- 15 April 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 29 July 2024Needs improvement
- 7 September 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Spring - RAF Halton
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
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.
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