Crazy 4 Kids Nicholas Hawksmoor Out Of School Club & Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Towcester for from 2 years up to school age, open 07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 2016, with 36 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Government-Funded places across two sessions, which can be taken as either a full day or a school day.
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
NN12 6JAWhat 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, 5 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and enjoy their time at this welcoming nursery. Staff greet them on arrival and ask how they are. They are sensitive to all children, in particular to those that are new to the nursery. Staff offer cuddles and reassurance to help them feel safe and secure. This helps children to build close bonds with staff and supports their emotional well-being. Staff promote children's confidence and independence well. Children independently use the toilet and wash their hands. They make good attempts to put on dressing-up clothes in the home corner.
Staff are close by to help and offer timely support to children when they need it.
Staff plan many opportunities to support children's physical development, which motivates them to explore. Staff provide mirrors for children to look at their reflection and encourage them to create what they see. Children develop their small hand muscles as they trace around a pot onto paper and then use scissors to cut out a circular shape. Children concentrate well. Outdoors, children delight as they practise their large motor skills. Children confidently climb ropes and run. Staff encourage children to keep trying as they jump onto balancing stones, supporting their spatial awareness and coordination as they step from one to the next.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the planning of group time to ensure individual learning needs are met and children do not become disengaged n support staff to use books more effectively to foster children's love of reading. School
- 5 September 2024Good
- 12 October 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Crazy 4 Kids Nicholas Hawksmoor Out Of School Club & Pre-School
- What it costs
- 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
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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