Highlights from the Ofsted inspection carried out at Partou Cherry Trees Day Nursery & Pre-School on 8th May 2026:

“The safeguarding standards are met. This means that leaders and/or those responsible for governance and oversight fulfil their specific responsibilities and have established an open culture in which safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed. As a result, children are made safer and feel safe.”

“Staff swiftly identify gaps in children’s development through effective screening tools, regular assessments and ongoing monitoring.”

“…children who face barriers to their learning make substantial progress and are well prepared for their eventual move to school.”

“Children make positive progress in their personal, social and emotional development, alongside their physical skills.”

“Those children who face barriers to learning quickly build secure and trusting bonds with staff. As a result, they grow in confidence and readily seek out staff when needed.”

“…children learn to work well as a team, demonstrating patience and respect. Staff reinforce kindness to help children learn how to treat others.”

“Staff model positive behaviour and regularly praise children’s efforts and achievements. This helps children to make appropriate choices and encourages them to persevere and try their best.”

“Leaders and staff support transitions well when children first start, move between rooms and eventually transfer to school. They work with parents and carers to provide flexible settling-in sessions that are tailored to children’s individual needs. This helps children feel secure, comfortable and confident moving in the new environment. When children move rooms within the nursery, leaders and staff plan opportunities for children to spend meaningful time with their current and new key person in their future room. They also share information about children’s learning and development to support continuity in their care and education.”

“Children receive warm welcomes from the staff as they arrive with huge smiles. They separate with ease from their parents and carers and get busy engaging in activities that capture their interest. This reflects children’s keen sense of belonging and familiarity with established routines. From the outset, relationships are warm and nurturing and new children settle swiftly, chatting away to their peers and staff by the end of their first day. Effective settling-in procedures, alongside information gathering, enable staff to build close connections with children and their families. As a result, children feel safe, secure and welcomed.”

“A key strength of this setting is the inclusive approach leaders and staff take. Children’s individual differences are valued and well understood, alongside a secure knowledge of their family backgrounds and circumstances.”

“Overall, the ambitious curriculum provides children with diverse learning experiences. The development of children’s communication and language skills, alongside physical skills is given high priority.”

Read the full Ofsted report for Partou Cherry Trees

Upon registration, you will be asked to pay a £75 registration fee (non-refundable) or a £75 registration deposit to reserve your child’s nursery place (see terms and conditions for eligibility).

What’s included in our fees? 

Our full fees are clearly broken down into care, meals & snacks and consumables fees for full transparency. 

Care fees include: trained, qualified team members taking care of your child, regular updates about your child and their progress at nursery, a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities tailored to the needs of your child, and use of the nursery building facilities. 

Meals & snacks fees cover the cost of all food and drinks whilst your child is in our care. Meal and snack times are a very important part of Partou nursery life, learn more about how we make food and nutrition enjoyable and educational for children in our care.

Consumables include; important daily care items needed such as nappies, wet wipes and sun cream. 

Discounts

Only one discount can be applied at any time:

• 5% discount for eldest child for siblings.
• 5% discount for Blue Light Card holders.

Terms & conditions apply 

Other key information

• We’re closed on Bank Holidays.
• We’re closed between Christmas and New Year. 
• Charges apply across 52 weeks of the year, including Bank Holidays.

Partou Cherry Trees Day Nursery & Pre-School is proud to offer funded childcare places 

Funded childcare is a government incentive fulfilled by Local Authorities which aims to provide financial support for eligible families accessing childcare at an OFSTED registered setting. Partou Cherry Trees Day Nursery & Pre-School work with Slough Local Authority to apply childcare funding for eligible families.

Funding typically covers 15 or 30 hours per week for the 38 term weeks of the year across a maximum of 10 hours a day which will be applied in different ways depending how many weeks of the year your child is in childcare: 

• Children who are in year-round childcare will receive “stretched” funding. This means that their 15/30 hours over 38 weeks will be stretched over 51 weeks of the year so children accessing year round childcare at Partou Cherry Trees will receive 11.17/22.35 hours of funded childcare per week. 

• Children who have term-time only childcare places will receive 15/30 hours funding per week over 38 weeks of the year. Term-time only places are limited and are subject to availability.

Government funding for childcare only applies to the care fee (as described above). Meals & snacks and consumables fees are fully chargeable for all sessions including funded.  

Many families are eligible for government funded childcare, see our childcare funding guide for more information.  

Term duration and dates

The 2025/2026 terms dates set by Slough for Partou Cherry Trees Nursery & Pre-School are below so you can see which term dates funding is applicable for:

Please note that when you access funding in the term can impact the hours you are eligible for within that term period. 

Our team will be able to assist you with any funding and term questions you may have.