Banana Moon Day Nursery Harbury
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Leamington Spa for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2024. Open since 2014, with 66 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
What childcare usually costs in Warwickshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Warwickshire 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
CV33 9HNWhat 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.
- 10 July 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 10 December 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff create a warm, welcoming environment for children and their parents. They enable children to become confident and capable during their time at nursery. They find out key information about children when they start attending and use this to help children to settle quickly. Children demonstrate that they feel happy and secure and have close relationships with key staff. For example, they spend time playing with their key person and seek them out for reassurance when needed.
Staff encourage children to be independent. Children serve themselves during mealtimes and clear their own plates away when they have finished eating. Staff give children time to try to put on their own coats before they go outside to play.
This supports children to manage everyday tasks for themselves. Staff praise children, which enhances their self-esteem. Staff promote children's positive behaviour. They support children to regulate their emotions and they use 'emotions monsters' to help them to recognise the impact of their actions on others.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to minimise the noise levels in the rooms to fully enable all children to hear what is being said to them and concentrate on their learning n help staff to increase their knowledge of how to adapt their teaching skills to encourage children to remain focused on learning opportunities.
- 10 December 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 25 April 2019Good
- 25 May 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Banana Moon Day Nursery Harbury
- What it costs
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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.