Acorn Day Nursery (Shenley Church End)

Shenley Road, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes MK5 6AB
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9.9 107 Reviews
  • Acorn Day Nursery (Shenley Church End), Milton Keynes
Acorn’s nursery in Shenley Church End is extremely popular, and the former village primary school offers a spacious interior with well equipped, light and airy rooms. There is an extensive outdoor play area, and the local environment provides several attractive walks and a Forest School site at the nearby Shenley Wood.

All meals and snacks are freshly prepared on site and the children have their own children’s kitchen within the nursery to encourage their involvement. The staff team is very experienced and highly qualified, and they look forward to showing prospective parents around the nursery.

The nursery has extensive gardens and outside play areas, including the timber-framed outdoor classroom. Outdoor play is a key aspect of Acorn’s ethos and the children benefit from spending time outdoors every day, whatever the weather. They also take full advantage of their local setting, which has retained its village feel and has several attractive walks which the children enjoy.

Acorns menus have been carefully planned to be both seasonal and nutritionally balanced and tasty ensuring clean plates every time! All food is cooked from their hub kitchen based onsite, providing nutritionally balanced meals which are both healthy and appetising. They only use fresh, local, ethically sourced produce to create their delicious meals and can accommodate most dietary requirements.

A home visit from the nursery manager and your child’s key person is offered to all new families as Acorn believe children benefit from meeting their key person in a familiar environment, before attending the nursery for settling-in sessions.

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Care Provided by Acorn Day Nursery (Shenley Church End)

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Helen Price (Nursery Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 16
  • Registered Charity Number
  • 1145108
  • Total Places for Children
  • 48
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 4 months
    • to 4 years 11 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:15-18:15
    Tuesday 07:15-18:15
    Wednesday 07:15-18:15
    Thursday 07:15-18:15
    Friday 07:15-18:15
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays, Staff Training Days & between Christmas & New Year

Funding & Fees Guide for Acorn Day Nursery (Shenley Church End)

  • Full time place starting from £1,560
    Full day from £81.50
    Morning session from £45.50
    Afternoon session from £41

  • Fees are inclusive of all meals, snacks, drinks (including approved formula milk), nappies and activities.
    We do not charge registration fees, only a £100 deposit which is refunded against the first month’s fees. We don’t charge for settling in sessions, but we do expect payment for all nursery fees to be paid up front at the beginning of each month, which is standard practice for all childcare providers. We do not charge for bank holidays, our four training days each year, or for the three days closure between Christmas and New Year. We do, however, charge for days children don’t attend through illness or holidays, apart from exceptional circumstances.
    Please view the prospectus on our website for a full fees guide.
  • Parking

  • Limited parking available directly outside the nursery, however there is ample parking in the street and the church.


Acorn Day Nursery (Shenley Church End) Reviews (107)

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Acorn Day Nursery (Shenley Church End) has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.941) out of 10, based on 27 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Acorn Day Nursery (Shenley Church End) has 107 reviews.

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Review from Sarah S (Mother of Child) published on 9 February 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter has been attending Acorn for the last eighteen months, she is very happy and settled and waves me off in the morning with a smile. The thing that makes this nursery the best in the area are the staff and the family atmosphere, all staff know all the children on a personal level not just
by name and my daughter is happy and comfortable around any of them. In additional to the fantastic staff the activities the children get involved in are varied and interesting especially the forest walks and Zumba. I can't recommend this nursery enough it is so popular we waited months for a place and it was well worth the wait.

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Review from Nanny Sarah (Grandmother of Child) published on 9 February 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My granddaughter has been attending Shenley for almost a year now, after a disappointing experience elsewhere. She adjusted well to the change due to the support from the nurturing staff. The family were amazed at the positive impact the nursery had on her by how her speech and use of language improved
and her role playing increased just after one week. My granddaughter is now an Oak and she particularly enjoys her swimming lessons, experiences at Forest School and the daily routine things like friendships, sharing experiences with her key person, choosing a book and taking it to share at home in her book bag, mud kitchen outside. She is a very fussy eater but she will try more foods at nursery for her keyperson than she will at home. She is beginning to recognise some letter sounds and attempting to write her name, she was 3 in Aug and we were concerned with her being the youngest in her school year and starting in Sept but we are no longer concerned after witnessing her progress, thank you to all involved in her care and education xx

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Review from Catherine R (Mother of Child) published on 21 January 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I can't stress how impressed I am with Acorns nursery, and how they continue to care for my son with professionalism, inventiveness, and character. We are always kept up to date with everything that is happening both with my sons development, and with activities and events happening at the nursery.
Choosing acorns has certainly been one of the very best decisions we have made as new parents and I have no hesitation to bring our new child here either as we just know she will receive the same exceptional care.

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Review from Claire (Mother of Child) published on 18 January 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I currently have one son attending Acorn nursery and one son who left last September. I have always been very happy with the quality of care and professionalism.
I particularly like the range of activities available to the children (including Spanish lessons, Zumba and Forest School)
I wouldn't hesitate
to recommend Acorn nursery.

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Review from Dave A (Father of Child) published on 16 December 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Always been an excellent nursery, a positive environment with a supportive, educational atmosphere. Also the only nursery never to mention price discounts or early booking discounts reinforcing the educational nature rather than business nature of the establishment.

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Review from Kaajal (Mother of Child) published on 10 December 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Acorn Day Nursery staff have done wonders for my daughter. She had never left our side before and Acorn have helped her to grow in confidence and independence. Staff are always very helpful and will try their very best to make the experiences the best they can for every child. They provide detailed
feedback about your child's day and make you feel part of a big family. I would not hesitate to send my child to Acorn Day Nursery and have been extremely happy with it. My daughter looks forward to going to nursery and has a lovely relationship with her key worker and other staff too.

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Review from R G (Father of Child) published on 8 December 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Great nursery. The staff are welcoming, caring and enthusiastic. The children do lots of different and interesting activities which makes learning fun.

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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.941)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.941) out of 10 for Acorn Day Nursery (Shenley Church End) is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 27 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 27 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.941 for Acorn Day Nursery (Shenley Church End) is calculated as follows: ( (303 Excellents x 5) + (19 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 322 Ratings = 4.941

  • b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5').

    The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Acorn Day Nursery (Shenley Church End) is based on 27 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4

    • ii) 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 48 number of registered child places is 9.6, which has been reached with 27 Positive reviews. Points = 1

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Meet the Team (3)

Helen

Helen Price

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Joined: 2005

Helen joined Acorn in 2005 and started as an unqualified lunchtime assistant. Helen gained qualifications from level 2 right through to her BA in her early years, taking on additional training such as SEN, Forest school leader and minibus driver. After 13 years of looking after children, Helen decided the time was right to start her own family and in 2020 had her daughter who attended Acorn.


Helen has a passion for outdoor learning and enjoys not only watching children learn and develop but also helping staff develop!


My favourite quote “The best classroom and the richest cupboard is roofed only by the sky”


Helen is also Shenley's Designated Safeguarding Lead, so if you ever have any concerns or would like to chat about anything safeguarding-related, please visit or call the nursery on 01908 507782 and ask to speak to Helen directly - alternatively, the setting can provide a direct email address for her.


Laura

Laura

Job Title: Deputy Manager

Joined: 2008

Laura - Deputy Manager


Becky

Becky

Job Title: Senior Administrator

Joined: 2019

Becky - Senior Administrator


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