Opening hours
Monday - Friday 8am - 6pm, closed between Christmas and New Year and Bank Holidays.
Tot Town Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2023)
Number of places
65 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2023
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
About this day nursery
Tot Town Nursery, established in January 1999 by Jackie Green and her daughter Joanne, is a family-operated childcare facility in High Wycombe. Their goal was to create a warm and inviting environment where Joanne would feel comfortable enrolling her own children.
The nursery caters to babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, offering Ofsted-regulated care. They prioritise a happy, safe, and welcoming atmosphere for children aged 3 months to 5 years, with a dedicated baby unit.
The staff are all qualified in the Early Years Foundation Stage and are chosen for their experience and compassionate approach. Tot Town provides stimulating indoor spaces and multiple outdoor play areas, including access to a newly built children's playground and the nearby Desborough Recreation Ground for nature walks, picnics, and play.
The nursery focuses on fostering social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development, helping children to build self-confidence, independence, and an awareness of others. They employ a Key Worker system to track each child's progress across the seven areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage: Communication & Language, Physical Development, Personal, Social & Emotional Development, Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World, and Expressive Arts & Design.
Staffing ratios are 3:1 for babies, 4:1 for under 3s, and 8:1 for under 5s. They also offer convenient drop-off parking for parents.
Our ethos
Tot Town Nursery aims to foster children's social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development. They focus on building self-confidence, independence, and awareness of others, utilising a Key Worker system to track progress across the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum.
What it's like
Children are happy and excited to arrive at the nursery, where they are warmly welcomed by practitioners. Engaging activities inspire imaginative play, and children show positive attitudes towards learning and respect for each other. Children develop physical skills and emotional resilience.
Family-run nurseryDedicated baby unitOutdoor play areas and nearby park accessOfsted-regulated childcareKey Worker system
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds
Pricing on request
This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.
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Session types
Morning session (8am - 1pm), Afternoon session (1pm - 6pm), Full day (8am - 6pm)
Age range
3 months to 5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
1999
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Tot Town Nursery
Last inspected 16 August 2023 · Lisa Robinson
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Children are happy and excited to arrive at the nursery, where they are warmly welcomed by practitioners. Engaging activities inspire imaginative play, and children show positive attitudes towards learning and respect for each other. Children develop physical skills and emotional resilience.
Inspector highlights
- Children are happy and excited to arrive at the nursery.
- Practitioners plan engaging activities that inspire children's imaginative play.
- Children have positive attitudes to their learning and show respect to each other and the environment.
- The well-established key-person system helps children to form secure attachments and promotes their well-being and independence.
- Practitioners provide a healthy menu and are knowledgeable about the dietary requirements of the children they care for.
Areas to develop
- 1strengthen staff supervision and coaching to help embed high-quality teaching and learning opportunities for all children across the whole setting.
Inspection #10303645 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
Outdoor space
Children build on their physical skills as they climb, crawl, run and jump in the garden. Young children build muscle control and coordination as they learn to pour water from one container to another and back again.
Parent Reviews of Tot Town Nursery
5.0
(9)
fabien portet
3 months ago
Tot Town Nursery has been a great experience for our child. Communication with the staff is very good, and everyone is friendly, welcoming, and accommodating. My child is always happy to go. They offer a lovely variety of activities, including French lessons, cooking, and park visits, which is great. Overall, we’re happy with the nursery and would recommend it.
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Natalia Borecka
6 years ago
Brilliant place! Every morning my 20month old is so excited to go to nursery she puts her shoes and coat on without any second thoughts. They have amazing activities that develop creativity, problem solving skills and generally, Mia loves being there! Very nice and pleasant staff and daily reports on what has happened during the day with some monthly reports on development process. Would always recommend.
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Katie Smyth
a year ago
Amazing nursery, great staff, really well run. Brilliant family run business! Can’t recommend enough.
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Daniela Lazo
5 years ago
I am satisfied my child leaves with great joy, they have many educational activities for children. A very good cheer
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Sammy Dot
2 months ago
Both of my children go to the nursery and I feel so comfortable sending them here. My son started when he was 2.5 years old, with a serve speech delay. The nursery did 1-1 sessison with him, and overall put SOOO much effort into helping him overcome this barrier, which i am forever grateful for. The nursery has great equipment, knowledgeable, fun and caring staff and openly listen to any feedback. I am so grateful for this nursery, as they truly are incredible and my children wouldn't be thriving the same way had they not come to this nursery and been looked after with such care.
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Inspection history
Date: June 2011
- September 2023Good
- August 2023Good
- May 2019Good
- April 2019Good
- May 2016Good
- April 2016Good
- July 2014Good
- July 2014Good
- February 2012Requires improvement
- July 2011Inadequate
- June 2011Inadequate
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