Apricot Nursery and Jumping Jacks After School and Holiday Club
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Peterborough for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 2016, with 83 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Peterborough
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Peterborough from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
PE2 7BUWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 19 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide a wide range of inspiring activities designed to meet the children's interests and needs. Children spend long periods of time immersed in their learning. Babies delight in playing peek-a-boo with staff as they hide behind scarves. Staff are always on hand to support play ideas. For example, staff help younger children when they want to wrap the dolls in blankets and rock them to sleep. Older children enjoy digging in the sand to discover toy animals. Children have fun developing their physical skills. Staff ensure all children have access to daily fresh air and exercise. Babies build on their walking skills as they hold staff members' hands. Younger children explore the garden. Older children take part in daily yoga sessions, where they practise different yoga poses and breathing techniques.
Staff support children to develop their independence well. They teach children skills such as serving their food, pouring drinks and putting away their belongings. They encourage children to try to do things for themselves first and they praise their efforts and achievements. Children behave well. Staff are good role models and clearly explain to children what they expect. They give children choices and use positive language, for example kind hands and walking feet. This helps boost children's self-esteem and encourages them to make appropriate choices on their own as they get older.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider ways to ensure that staff check what children have learned and understood from planned activities, to make sure that they continue to build on what they already know and can do. Club
- 19 September 2024Good
- 5 October 2023Needs improvement
- 8 March 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Apricot Nursery and Jumping Jacks After School and Holiday Club
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
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