TippyToes Stantonbury Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Milton Keynes for children from birth to 5, open 07:30 to 17:45, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2011, with 63 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 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
MK14 5ATWhat 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, 12 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily and enjoy coming to this warm, welcoming nursery. They explore all areas of the stimulating and well-organised environment. Children benefit from a range of activities that appeal to their age and stage of development. For example, pre-school children use china cups, metal teapots and props in the imaginative play area. They re-enact their experiences from home and learn to take care of resources.
Babies spend time exploring oats. They pick the resources up and enjoy the sensation of them trickling through their fingers. Toddlers enjoy discovering toy sea creatures in ice and are learning about the world. For example, staff teach them how crabs and lobsters both have hard shells, as well as sharp claws. Older children develop their small muscles as they add cinnamon to their play dough and knead it in. They smell the play dough and talk about 'gingerbread men', using their senses to make links and build on what they already know.
Children have many opportunities to build on their learning outside and to develop healthy lifestyles. They relish the healthy meals cooked on site and eagerly use the extensive, well-planned outside area. Children build on prior learning from inside in the new woodland area. For example, older toddlers enjoy making pretend icecreams outside with dough, with a range of resources they use as toppings. Their friends enjoy transporting rice by filling and emptying large containers, and explore the texture through their hands. Children are confident, polite and behave well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - allow children time to process their thinking and respond to adults n refine the professional development programme for staff to improve the quality of teaching to the highest level.
- 12 January 2023Good
- 8 May 2017Good
- 23 June 2016Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for TippyToes Stantonbury 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.
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