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Milton Keynes Preparatory School

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Feb 2013)
·Milton Keynes Preparatory School, Tattenhoe Lane, Milton Keynes, MK3 7EG · Milton Keynes
Number of places
148 places
Age range
0–3 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2013
Local authority
Milton Keynes

About this day nursery

Milton Keynes Preparatory School is an independent day school and nursery committed to providing continuous education for children aged 2 months to 11 years. The school prides itself on academic excellence, offering specialist teaching and a wide array of facilities, including a dedicated Environmental Studies Centre for outdoor learning.

The core philosophy centres on fostering each child's potential within a supportive, friendly, and positive environment. The nursery and prep school work in tandem to guide pupils towards achieving excellent outcomes and securing places at their chosen senior schools.

In addition to strong academic progress, the school emphasises extracurricular activities to cultivate confident and well-rounded individuals. They maintain a clear and supportive admissions process and welcome families to visit throughout the year to experience their high-quality independent education firsthand.

Our ethos

The nursery's core philosophy centres on fostering each child's potential within a supportive, friendly, and positive environment, aiming for academic excellence and cultivating confident, well-rounded individuals through a blend of academic progress and extracurricular activities.

What it's like

Staff provide a highly stimulating and inspiring environment where young children play and learn with creative and engaging activities. They have an excellent understanding of how children learn, with high expectations for all, allowing them to participate in activities that prepare them for future learning. Staff are highly skilled in developing relationships, providing effective care based on individual needs.

Academic excellenceSpecialist TeachingEnvironmental Studies CentreWide range of facilitiesExtracurricular activities

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Opening hours

7:30am to 6:30pm, 46 weeks of the year

Age range

2 months to 11 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

1975

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Milton Keynes Preparatory School

Last inspected 14 February 2013 · Hayley Marshall

Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

Staff provide a highly stimulating and inspiring environment where young children play and learn with creative and engaging activities. They have an excellent understanding of how children learn, with high expectations for all, allowing them to participate in activities that prepare them for future learning. Staff are highly skilled in developing relationships, providing effective care based on individual needs.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff have extremely high expectations for what children can do and share affectionate and caring relationships with them.
  • Staff promote children's language and communication by highly effective interactions such as, singing engaging songs and modelling conversation.
  • Staff take time to get to know the children they care for, understanding children's individual needs and interests.
  • The excellent range of enriching activities that children experience supports their readiness for school.
  • The highly dynamic leadership of the nursery means that staff have clear objectives and work extremely well as a team, leading to low staff turnover and a stable workforce.

Areas to develop

  • 1involve young children in snack time to help support their independence further, particularly when clearing way after snack and lunch time.
Inspection #903382 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents express their satisfaction and absolute confidence in the abilities of those who care for children.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

Children develop their larger muscles in outdoor activities such as sliding, climbing and balancing. The nursery has its own fully enclosed outdoor play area.

EAL / language support

Staff support children's communication and language skills by using songs and rhymes to promote talking. This interaction is highly effective, as those children who learn English as an additional language make significant progress in their development of language.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

14 February 2013

Outstanding

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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