Opening hours
8am to 6pm Monday to Friday, 51 weeks of the year
Tiny Acorns Nursery
Ofsted: Expected standard·
5.0(1 parent reviews)
·Long Crendon County Combined School, Chilton Road, AYLESBURY, HP18 9BZ · Buckinghamshire
Number of places
98 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2025
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
About this day nursery
Tiny Acorns Nursery, established in 2009 in Aylesbury, is a childcare setting for children aged 0-4 years, offering an outstanding level of care and education. The nursery operates year-round, Monday to Friday, from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and is registered to accommodate up to 98 children.
It follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, focusing on developing children's communication, language, and social-emotional skills. Leaders and staff are highly adept at identifying and addressing children's individual needs, including those with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) and those who speak English as an additional language, ensuring all children make excellent progress.
Parents consistently praise the staff's flexibility and responsiveness to their children's needs. The nursery fosters a secure, nurturing environment where children are encouraged to be independent and develop positive attitudes towards learning, supported by strong partnerships between staff and parents.
What it's like
Leaders and practitioners ensure that every child can discover, belong and flourish. Babies and children arrive happy, confident and ready for the day, with strong partnerships with parents supporting individual needs. Children are helped to become independent and manage their emotions, showing positive attitudes towards learning and each other, and making good progress in the prime areas of learning.
Outstanding ratingStrong parent partnershipsIndividualised supportPositive behaviourStrong key person relationships
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Term time / All Year
All_year
Established
2009
Ofsted Inspection — new report card
Expected standard
Last inspected Dec 2025
Grade summary
Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.
Category grades
AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Tiny Acorns Nursery
Last inspected 8 December 2025 · Fiona Procter
What it's like to attend
Leaders and practitioners ensure that every child can discover, belong and flourish. Babies and children arrive happy, confident and ready for the day, with strong partnerships with parents supporting individual needs. Children are helped to become independent and manage their emotions, showing positive attitudes towards learning and each other, and making good progress in the prime areas of learning.
Inspector highlights
- Staff consistently promote the highest standards of behaviour among children, who display notably positive attitudes towards both learning and each other.
- Leaders create safe, welcoming spaces where children enjoy play, learning and activities with each other, forming strong and nurturing relationships with key staff.
- Leaders and staff consistently engage in high-quality interactions with babies, with resources supporting development.
- Staff identify babies' and children's needs quickly and accurately, with a secure understanding of their needs and progress.
- Regular supervision is in place to support staff, helping them feel valued and appreciated, with leaders prioritising staff needs and wellbeing.
Areas to develop
- 1Leaders should support staff to further improve the quality of teaching by developing staff interactions in the outdoor provision to the same high standards observed indoors to further extend children's learning.
- 2Leaders and staff should make the best use of resources when children play outside to build on their learning experiences, including their storytelling skills.
Inspection #10128615 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Leaders have a good knowledge of how to support disadvantaged children, and those who may encounter barriers to learning, such as children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, should they attend the setting in the future. Staff identify babies' and children's needs quickly and accurately, and collaborate with parents and other professionals to give every child the best possible start in life and reduce barriers to learning. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make progress because of prompt intervention and focused teaching strategies.
Outdoor space
Children enjoy the outdoor area, which supports physical development for toddlers and pre-schoolers. However, staff do not fully extend or challenge children's learning outdoors and are less confident in doing so compared to indoor activities.
EAL / language support
All children, including those who speak English as an additional language, make progress because of prompt intervention and focused teaching strategies.
Parent Reviews of Tiny Acorns Nursery
5.0
(1)
Jonathan Brewer
8 years ago
My daughter has just had her last day at Tiny Acorns and it was very emotional for her to leave such a wonderful and caring place. I really don't think I could have asked for any more, they have played such an important part in shaping her early years and they have done a superb job.
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Inspection history
Date: August 2009
The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Outstanding). We're re-checking it against the original report.
- February 2020Outstanding
- September 2015Outstanding
- August 2009Good
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