Two Mile Ash Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Milton Keynes for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £40.00 a day for 2 Year old's, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 2022, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
All day session 9am-3pm £40.00
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
2 year funding, 15 hour funding and 30 hour funding.
Worth knowing. Any hours taken over the 15 hours is chargeable by yourselves at a sessional rate of the above.
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 8LHWhat 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, 31 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children receive a warm and friendly welcome from staff. Children who have been at pre-school for a while enter the building happily and excitedly, keen to begin their day. Staff work closely with parents to help children new to the pre-school settle and feel secure. For example, key staff visit children at home to get to know them before they begin coming to pre-school. Parents comment on how this helped their children with the new routine because faces were already familiar to them.
Staff want children to learn lots, and to enjoy that learning, during their time with them. Children benefit from a curriculum that focuses well on what they most need to learn next. Staff ensure that there are daily opportunities for children to develop their physical skills. Staff speak clearly to children. They talk to children about what they are doing. This helps children make the links between the words that they hear and the things they see and do. This all helps build children's vocabulary and develop their confidence to use words to make their needs and views known. Staff plan activities that teach children about sharing and turn-taking. Children learn from these the language and skills they need to behave well and consider the needs of others.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help children learn to use resources with care and purpose so they can make the most of the learning experiences on offer n improve the organisation of times between some activities so children understand what is going to happen next and can join in confidently.
- 31 October 2023Good
- 10 November 2022Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Two Mile Ash 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 £40.00 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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