What Ofsted grade does Childcare Pathways have?

Childcare Pathways has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 1 December 2025. Its most common grade is needs attention in 2 of 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.

How many children can Childcare Pathways take?

Ofsted registers Childcare Pathways for 43 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Milton Keynes has 65.

How much does Childcare Pathways cost?

Childcare Pathways sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in South East charges £202 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.

Does Childcare Pathways offer 30 hours free childcare?

Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Childcare Pathways how it offers them.

When was Childcare Pathways last inspected?

Ofsted last inspected Childcare Pathways on 1 December 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.

Which nurseries are near Childcare Pathways?

Nearby in Milton Keynes: Milton Keynes Montessori Preschool, Youth Club Pre-School, Acorn at Kents Hill.

Childcare Pathways

Day nursery in Milton Keynes.

M K Christian Foundation, Aylesbury Street, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, MK12 5HX

43 places

2013 registered with Ofsted

58 of 67 in our Milton Keynes ranking

£144 a week, 50 hours for a 3 year old, South East average

What Ofsted found

Needs attention in 2 of 6 Inspected 1 December 2025

Ofsted report card for Childcare Pathways
Area	Grade	What the grade means
Inclusion	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Curriculum and teaching	Needs attention	Not yet at the expected standard; the nursery has to improve this.
Achievement	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Behaviour, attitudes and routines	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Children’s welfare and well-being	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Leadership and governance	Needs attention	Not yet at the expected standard; the nursery has to improve this.
Safeguarding	Met	Ofsted found the nursery keeps children safe in the ways the law requires.

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What a place could cost

Childcare Pathways sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in South East, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.

Child's age	You pay a week	About a month
From 9 months to 2	£161	£511
2 years old	£152	£480
3 to 4 years old	£144	£457

A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.

Childcare Pathways against Milton Keynes

	Childcare Pathways	Milton Keynes average
Places	43	65
Ofsted outcome	Needs attention in 2 of 6	85% rated Good or better

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Questions parents ask about Childcare Pathways

What Ofsted grade does Childcare Pathways have?: Childcare Pathways has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 1 December 2025. Its most common grade is needs attention in 2 of 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.
How many children can Childcare Pathways take?: Ofsted registers Childcare Pathways for 43 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Milton Keynes has 65.
How much does Childcare Pathways cost?: Childcare Pathways sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in South East charges £202 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
Does Childcare Pathways offer 30 hours free childcare?: Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Childcare Pathways how it offers them.
When was Childcare Pathways last inspected?: Ofsted last inspected Childcare Pathways on 1 December 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
Which nurseries are near Childcare Pathways?: Nearby in Milton Keynes: Milton Keynes Montessori Preschool, Youth Club Pre-School, Acorn at Kents Hill.

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.