The Ascot Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Ascot for children from birth to 5, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2022, with 60 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 Bracknell Forest
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bracknell Forest 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
SL5 8LAWhat 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 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and confident in the nursery. They are warmly greeted by the staff, who have made strong attachments with them. Staff know and understand the children well. Good settling-in arrangements are in place to support the children and their families. This helps staff to gather information about the children's interests and routines before they start with them, so they can support and maintain these to help children feel safe and confident. Staff communicate purposefully with children. They support their developing understanding of behaviour as they frequently praise and encourage them, supporting children's selfesteem.
Children have many opportunities to enhance their learning through a well-planned and, overall, well-delivered curriculum. Staff give children the confidence to investigate and explore well. For example, younger children show curiosity as they examine a variety of different textured materials, such as fabrics and crafts.
Activities such as these help to advance their small physical skills. Older children's imagination and large physical skills are enhanced as they enjoy a nature trail to find the 'Gruffalo'. This, along with good support in helping children to take safe risks as they master the skills to climb up the steps to the slide, supports children's active learning and exploration as they discover and learn about the world they live in.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's teaching to enable them to make the most of opportunities that arise to extend children's learning and support their development and progress even further n review and improve the deployment and supervision at mealtimes, to ensure that procedures in place are consistently followed.
- 15 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
Still missing for The Ascot Day Nursery
- 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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