St Mary’s Pre-school is a thriving group that caters for young children in Princes Risborough and its surrounding villages. We offer the children the opportunity to learn through play in a stimulating and nurturing environment. St Mary’s has been operating since 1956 and is run by a Voluntary Management Committee.

In a recent OFSTED Inspection (October 2008) St. Mary's achieved 'Outstanding' grades in the 4 main areas of judgement.
The following excerpts from the report indicate St. Mary's strengths and give a feel of how the pre-school runs.

'All children receive an extremely high standard of care and participate in very stimulating and often exciting learning experiences, which ensure that they make strong progress and are fully engaged in purposeful play. The setting has a very strong ethos of inclusion and support for children with individual needs.'
'All children are eager learners because the setting provides a very well targeted and purposeful curriculum, within a secure, hygienic and extremely well planned environment.'

The setting was awarded a Certificate of Achievement from Buckinghamshire County Council on the 15th October 2008
'in recognition of our outstanding contribution towards excellent, high quality childcare services in Buckinghamshire.'

We run 5 morning sessions putting into practice the principles of the Early Years Foundation Stage. St Mary’s is an inclusive setting, which promotes and values equality of opportunity for all our children and families.

The safety of children is paramount in this setting