Head Start Day Nursery

The Old School House, Willen Road, Milton Keynes Village, Milton Keynes MK10 9AF
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9.9 45 Reviews
  • Head Start Day Nursery, Milton Keynes
Part of Grandir UK, Head Start Day Nursery and Preschool offers flexible childcare for families in the Milton Keynes area. Located in the Milton Keynes Village Hall, children from 18 months to five years are provided with a safe and secure environment where they can enjoy playing and learning.

The nurturing and friendly staff go above and beyond to ensure children feel confident and respected and to enable them to grow and develop in all areas.

The nursery provides childcare for 42 weeks a year with breaks over the summer, Easter and Christmas.

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Care Provided by Head Start Day Nursery

  • Type of Service
  • Nursery School – Privately Owned
  • Open term time
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Carol Thorniley (Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 9
  • Total Places for Children
  • 39
  • Age Range
    • from 1 years 6 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 08:30-14:45
    Tuesday 08:30-14:45
    Wednesday 08:30-14:45
    Thursday 08:30-14:45
    Friday 08:30-14:45
  • When Closed
  • 2 weeks Easter, 2 weeks Christmas & Summer Holidays only

Head Start Day Nursery Reviews (45)

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Head Start Day Nursery has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.921) out of 10, based on 18 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Head Start Day Nursery has 45 reviews.

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Review from Nimisha (Mother of Child) published on 8 April 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Brilliant staff! Brilliant learning and just a nice homely safe place for my little one. So happy with my choice.

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Review from Kirstie R (Mother of Child) published on 5 April 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter attends and absolutely loves it, so much so, she's asking to attend more sessions!! We've just enrolled our second daughter too! The staff are really friendly and helpful and I really feel like my daughter's happiness and learning is their priority as if she was their own child. They always
do a variety of different things with the children, they play outside, go to the local church and I couldn't recommend them highly enough!!!!

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Review from Omo A (Mother of Child) published on 5 April 2019
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I already recommend. Great service from the ladies. My daughter went to this nursery and my son does as well.


The ladies are amazing with the children.


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Review from Emma K (Mother of Child) published on 21 February 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

A fantastic nursery, which I can't commend highly enough. We are on our second time around with Head Start, with a gap of a few years, and the standard has remained excellent. The staff are friendly and informative, and genuinely warm with the children. There are varied and well-planned activities every
day, with lots of craft - it's rare for my daughter to come home without artwork. The nursery is lucky to be located in the middle of the old village green, with a nearby playground, so the children get fresh air every day, and in the summer they can have lunch in the shade of the trees. I will be very sad when my youngest has to leave to go to school, but I feel that the nursery will genuinely have given her a Head Start!

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

All of the nursery staff are friendly and look after the children's emotional needs fantastically. All of my children started there at 18 months and with the help of the staff have become confident, happy and sociable. The learning is tailored to each individual child and they received encouragement
and support through all areas of their development. Head Start MK village is a very special place and I cannot recommend them highly enough. Fantastic ladies!

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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.921)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.921) out of 10 for Head Start Day Nursery 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 18 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 18 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 4.921 for Head Start Day Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (201 Excellents x 5) + (13 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 216 Ratings = 4.921

  • 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 Head Start Day Nursery is based on 18 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 39 number of registered child places is 7.8, which has been reached with 18 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 (1)

Carol

Carol Thorniley

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Carol has spent her entire career in childcare and still loves the experiences, challenges and rewards it brings each day.


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