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RAFA Kidz High Wycombe

Ofsted: Good
(May 2025)
·Royal Air Force, Naphill, High Wycombe, HP14 4UE · Buckinghamshire
Number of places
36 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2025
Local authority
Buckinghamshire

About this day nursery

RAFAKidz High Wycombe is a nursery offering a nurturing and stimulating environment for children, focusing on supporting military families. The nursery provides nutritious meals and a curriculum designed to foster growth and development through engaging activities.

They aim to deliver high-quality childcare while also assisting parents in navigating available government funding options to help with childcare costs. The facility is equipped with various play areas and resources that cater to different age groups and developmental stages.

RAFAKidz High Wycombe emphasises creating a supportive community for both children and their families, ensuring a positive and enriching early years experience. They also offer a consumables fee to cover essential items and enrichment activities not covered by government funding, maintaining their commitment to excellent care and education.

What it's like

Children's happiness, wellbeing and sense of identity are at the heart of this welcoming and nurturing nursery. Kind and attentive staff are highly responsive to children's individual care needs. They affectionately offer comforting cuddles and engaging smiles. From the outset, staff gather detailed information from parents to create an environment that complements home routines and helps children settle in smoothly. Each child's family album is shared within the group to promote a sense of belonging and security. This approach encourages children to explore similarities and differences among themselves and their peers and fosters their understanding of the diverse world we live in.

Supports military familiesOffers funded childcare places

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-oldsTax-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

Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for RAFA Kidz High Wycombe

Last inspected 30 May 2025

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children's happiness, wellbeing and sense of identity are at the heart of this welcoming and nurturing nursery. Kind and attentive staff are highly responsive to children's individual care needs. They affectionately offer comforting cuddles and engaging smiles. From the outset, staff gather detailed information from parents to create an environment that complements home routines and helps children settle in smoothly. Each child's family album is shared within the group to promote a sense of belonging and security. This approach encourages children to explore similarities and differences among themselves and their peers and fosters their understanding of the diverse world we live in.

Inspector highlights

  • The newly established management team places a strong emphasis on fostering children's key life skills, such as independence, confidence and resilience.
  • Children delight in exploring the outdoor environment and actively engage in a variety of experiences.
  • Children's awareness of the wider world is enhanced through rich experiences.
  • Self-care and independence are promoted effectively, from an early age.
  • Staff are well supported in their professional development.

Areas to develop

  • 1refine curriculum planning and delivery to ensure all staff interactions consistently strengthen children's communication skills, and allow enough time for more thoughtful and accurate responses
  • 2enhance staff development systems by offering more personalised coaching and training to ensure consistently high quality teaching across the setting.
Inspection #10398149 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders have developed a broad and varied curriculum for children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Support for children given additional funding, as well as those with SEND is robust and personalised. This is used effectively to ensure access to a full range of learning experiences that children may not have experienced before. Leaders maintain strong partnerships with parents and external professionals. They work tirelessly to secure any services to help children reach their full potential.

Outdoor space

Children delight in exploring the outdoor environment and actively engage in a variety of experiences. Staff effectively support their gross and fine motor skills and children construct their own obstacle courses, where they climb and balance. The provider is responsive to training needs and offers targeted opportunities, such as outdoor play training to enhance this provision further.

Inspection history

Date: May 2025

  • June 2025Good
  • May 2025Good

Frequently asked about RAFA Kidz High Wycombe

About the setting

RAFA Kidz High Wycombe registered in 2023. It is situated on a military base in Naphill, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. It is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm, all year round except for a week at Christmas and bank holidays. The setting employs 14 staff, 10 of whom hold relevant childcare qualifications from level 1 to level 6. It receives funding to provide free early education for children aged nine months to four years.

URN
2732032
Registered person
Rafa Kidz Limited
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises

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