Ashbourne Day Nurseries At Central Milton Keynes

About this day nursery

Ashbourne Day Nurseries At Central Milton Keynes is a multicultural city centre nursery that provides a happy and safe environment for children from 0 to 4 years old. The nursery, which received a "Good" rating from Ofsted in May 2021, focuses on fostering tolerance and respect among children, with managers, staff, and parents dedicated to raising standards.

The curriculum encourages creative and imaginative skills, exemplified by children engaging in small-parts play with natural materials and pre-schoolers enjoying mixing play dough. Older children regularly participate in phonics sessions, eagerly learning new sounds.

The nursery maintains high expectations for children's behaviour, promoting good manners and respectful interactions. Staff effectively follow children's interests when planning activities, ensuring engagement and progress.

They are skilled at managing behaviour and building strong relationships with the children, creating a calm and well-organised atmosphere. The manager is committed to the quality of care and education, fostering a positive working environment for staff and ensuring all children, including those with SEND, have access to early education.

The nursery makes significant efforts to build positive partnerships with parents, who appreciate the dedicated feedback and the use of an electronic nursery management programme to stay informed. Effective teamwork ensures children make good progress across all development areas, with staff promptly identifying and addressing any learning gaps, particularly for speech and language development and SEND, through close collaboration with parents and professionals.

This commitment to continuous improvement is evident in the positive outcomes highlighted in parent surveys following substantial enhancements to the nursery environment and staff efforts. Safeguarding is also a priority, with staff demonstrating a secure understanding of child protection through regular training and robust procedures.

Our ethos

The nursery's pedagogy is characterised by its focus on fostering tolerance and respect, encouraging creative and imaginative skills through play-based learning, and following children's interests in activity planning. They maintain high expectations for behaviour, promote good manners and respectful interactions, and are committed to providing quality education and care for all children, including those with SEND. They also emphasise strong partnerships with parents and continuous improvement.

What it's like

Children celebrate difference and learn tolerance and respect in this multicultural city centre nursery where managers, staff and parents work hard to raise standards and improve lives. Children are happy and safe in a secure environment and enjoy small-parts play with natural materials to support their creative and imaginative skills. Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour and learning, and children are welcoming of visitors.