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Day nursery in Corby

Blackberry House Day Nursery Corby and Forest School

Ofsted report card Dec 2025Takes funded hours★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open a few years

A day nursery in Corby for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 00:00 to 24:00, 7 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in December 2025. Open since 2023, with 145 places.

Call 01945589867Their website

Cost

What it costs

Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.

Funded hours

30 hours for eligible working families (9 months to 4 years), 15 hours for eligible two-year-olds, universal 15 hours for every 3-year-old; delivered as 22 hours per week (extended) or 11 hours per week (universal) across 51 weeks.

Worth knowing. Funded hours are delivered within session packages; children attend a minimum of 3 sessions per week; under-3s cannot attend term-time only sessions and term-time only places for over-3s are limited; meals (hot lunch/tea) are optional and chargeable; parents provide nappies, wipes and nappy creams; no charge for consumables, essentials or curriculum activities.

What childcare usually costs in North Northamptonshire

£6.15an hour, typical for a 2 years old
£5.63an hour, typical for a 3 and 4 years old

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.

The basics

Places, hours and the day

Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.

Who they can take
Babies from 9 months, up to school ageRegistered with Ofsted for birth to 8+.
When it's open
00:00 to 24:00, 7 days a weekFrom their Google listing
Funded hours
Takes them
Meals
Not includedMeals (hot lunch/tea) are optional and can be added if you choose; free breakfast from 07:30–08:30 and free snacks twice a day
Nappies
You provide them
Forest school
Yes
Google rating
4.4 out of 5From 13 Google reviews. NurseryWise has none of its own.
How many children
145 placesVery large for England
How long open
3 yearsOpen a few years
Address
2, The Nook, Corby, NN17 1XA

Where it is

NN17 1XA
Ofsted URN 2747670On the register since 21 August 2023
Inspected 8 December 2025

What Ofsted found, area by area

Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.

Keeping children safe
Met
Including every child
Expected standard
What and how they teach
Expected standard
How children get on
Expected standard
Behaviour and routines
Expected standard
Welfare and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership
Expected standard

Still missing for Blackberry House Day Nursery Corby and Forest School

  • What it costs
  • Waiting list

No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.

Before you ring

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.
Compare

Day nurseries within a couple of miles

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Zig Zag Day Nursery Corby

Day nursery · United Reformed Church, Elizabeth Street, Corby, NN17 1PN

GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Babies from 6 months08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week62 placesLong established
0.9 mi
18 min walk
01536 353117Their website

1st Class Day Nursery

Day nursery · 1st Class Day Nursery, 3 Studfall Court, Corby, NN17 1QP

Not yet inspectedBirth to 508:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week★ 5.0 Google, 840 placesLong established
1.2 mi
23 min walk
01536206332Their website

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Everything here comes from Ofsted's published childcare register, under the Open Government Licence. Ratings are quoted exactly as Ofsted gave them, with their dates. Read the full Ofsted reports · How we put this together.

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