Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Wellingborough
Good★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 5Open a few years
A day nursery in Wellingborough for children from birth to 5, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 2025. Open since 2023, with 66 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 North Northamptonshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in North 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
NN8 4LGWhat 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.
- 3 October 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 3 September 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff promote children's feelings of belonging and well-being at nursery. They greet children warmly and welcome them inside. Children quickly form positive relationships. With effective and ongoing staff support, overall, children learn about respect and care for others. Children independently access sand timers when they want to have a turn with specific toys. They show a mutual understanding of how to use the sand timer, which results in children's behaviour being positive and them working together cooperatively.
Children benefit from how staff implement the curriculum to build on what children know already. Staff know the children well and successfully adapt their interactions to ensure they promote all children's learning during play. Staff speak clearly to children when they play alongside them. They use appropriate language to ensure children taking part can understand, and they introduce new words to gradually extend their vocabulary.
Children are excited by the activities staff plan for them. They become deeply involved in their play, developing their imagination. Children explore play dough and decide this is ice cream. They are confident to take the dough to the homecorner area to continue their game. Staff encourage children to move the resources around to follow their own ideas and enhance their play.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to apply consistent approaches to managing behaviour and cooperative play, so children develop a clear understanding of expectations.
- 3 September 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 2 June 2025Inadequate
- 3 December 2024Inadequate Safeguarding: Yes
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Wellingborough
- 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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