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Nurseries in Buckingham

There are 13 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Buckingham, and 12 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Buckingham

  • Ofsted report cards: 2 settings (12 Strong standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 6 settings (2 Outstanding, 4 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Animal Antiks - Day nursery, Buckingham MK18 3PU
  • Buckingham Primary Nursery - Day nursery, Buckingham MK18 1TT, ages 0 to 4, 76 places
    Ofsted report card, 21 January 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Circle Centre - Day nursery, Buckingham MK18 2ET, ages 2 to 5, 10 places
    Ofsted, 14 July 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Field House Day Nursery - Day nursery, Buckingham MK18 1ST, ages 0 to 4, 130 places
    Ofsted, 2 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Maids Moreton Pre-School - Day nursery, Buckingham MK18 1QA, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 12 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Manor Grove Montessori Ltd - Day nursery, Buckingham MK18 4RB, ages 1 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 31 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Nxt level Coaching @ George Grenville Academy - Day nursery, Buckingham MK18 1AP, 38 places
  • Padbury Pre-School - Pre-school, Buckingham MK18 2AP, ages 2 to 4, 19 places
    Ofsted, 31 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • S4A Group Ltd @ Lace Hill - Day nursery, Buckingham MK18 7RR, 30 places
  • Stagecoach Performing Arts at The Royal Latin School - Pre-school, Buckingham MK18 1AX
  • Tingewick Pre-School Ltd - Pre-school, Buckingham MK18 4NL, ages 2 to 4, 21 places
    Ofsted report card, 14 July 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Treehouse Pre-School - Day nursery, Buckingham MK18 3EN, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 7 March 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Welsh Lane Day Nursery - Day nursery, Buckingham MK18 5EB, 42 places

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Buckingham Kumon Study Centre - Out-of-school club, Buckingham MK18 7RR
  • Entire @ Furzedown - Out-of-school club, Buckingham MK18 3BL, 35 places
  • Green Planet Forest School Ltd @ BPS - Out-of-school club, Buckingham MK18 1TT, 30 places
  • Little Voices Buckingham @ The Centre @ Verney Close - Out-of-school club, Buckingham MK18 1JP
  • S4A Group Ltd@Bourton Meadow Academy - Out-of-school club, Buckingham MK18 7HX, 60 places
  • S4A Group Ltd @ Maids Moreton - Out-of-school club, Buckingham MK18 1QA, 40 places
  • S4A Group Ltd@Steeple Claydon - Out-of-school club, Buckingham MK18 2PA, 36 places
  • S4A Group Ltd@St James & St Johns - Out-of-school club, Buckingham MK18 5JE
  • S4A @ Padbury CE School - Out-of-school club, Buckingham MK18 2AP, 40 places
  • S4a Sports 4 All Ltd Roundwood Primary School - Out-of-school club, Buckingham MK18 4HY
  • SS Ltd @ Buckingham - Out-of-school club, Buckingham MK18 1TT, 61 places
  • Tingewick @ S4A Group LTD - Out-of-school club, Buckingham MK18 4NL, 40 places

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Buckingham

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.