Blackberry House Day Nursery (Peterborough)
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A day nursery in Peterborough 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 They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2022. Open since 2013, with 100 places.
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 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 8XAWhat 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, 1 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive confidently as staff take them into their room after speaking with their parents or carers at the door. Children express and communicate their needs well. For example, older children tell staff if they feel happy or sad by giving
'thumbs up' or 'thumbs down' gestures. They are delighted to 'high 10' staff when they say they feel happy. Babies take staff's hands and say 'come' as they show them what they want.
Children's communication and language development is supported well. Babies love books and try to find where the 'bear' is in the story. Toddlers learn new vocabulary as new activities are introduced. For example, they draw 'pancakes' and are introduced to real items in their farm shop, such as potatoes and lemons. Some pre-school children are very articulate and show amazing confidence as they stand up alone and sing and dance in front of their friends.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider ways to better help children with times of transition throughout the day so that they feel an even greater sense of security and emotional well-being n improve the organisation of large-group times in the pre-school room to ensure that children receive the same rich-learning opportunities during this time as they do at other times in the day.
- 1 March 2022Good
- 5 February 2018Good
- 30 March 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Blackberry House Day Nursery (Peterborough)
- 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.
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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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