Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Upton Meadows
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Northampton for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 June 2022. Open since 2007, with 60 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 West Northamptonshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in West Northamptonshire 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
NN5 4DDWhat 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.
- 14 July 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 20 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children confidently separate from parents when they arrive. They are greeted warmly by staff and demonstrate that they feel safe and secure. Children are keen to explore and investigate the range of toys offered indoors and outdoors. They show good hand-to-eye coordination and solve problems when they use construction toys. Children fix pieces together and tell staff that they are making a tower. Children thoroughly enjoy playing outside. They laugh with their friends when they play chasing games, safely negotiating the space available. Children take turns to catch their friends and behave well. Older school-age children say that they enjoy playing in the nursery before they start their day at school. They tell visitors that they like to play with their friends and the toy cars outside.
Staff know the children well and plan experiences to extend their learning. Children are encouraged to think and respond when staff ask them questions. They are keen to share their thoughts and ideas with staff and other children. For example, staff encourage children to guess what is in their bag. They describe the objects, for example it has eight legs and lives on a web; children guess it is a spider.
Children are supported to extend their understanding of shapes and numbers. For example, when children fill containers with water, they learn that the container is a hexagon shape, and it has five sides.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to consistently support children to understand their feelings and emotions n strengthen staff's knowledge of how to help children to understand potential risks in their play, such as when they access the internet in the nursery and at home.
- 20 June 2022Good
- 24 January 2013Outstanding
- 24 March 2011Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Upton Meadows
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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