Kozy Cottage Childcare Ltd
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Cramlington for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2022. Open since 2014, with 55 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funded entitlement (both 15 and 30 hours).
Worth knowing. Additional hours charged at current hourly rate; ad-hoc additional hours charged at current ad-hoc hourly rate; 4 weeks' notice for changes to additional bookings; ad-hoc hours must be requested 1 month in advance.
What childcare usually costs in Northumberland
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Northumberland 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
NE23 1LZWhat 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, 21 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the setting and separate from their parents at the front door, with support from staff. They quickly join their friends and are ready to investigate the interesting range of activities on offer. Children develop good bonds with their key person. This helps to support their personal, social and emotional development.
Children's behaviour is very good. Toddlers and babies play alongside each other harmoniously and show a positive attitude to their learning. Children have a clear understanding of staff's expectations for behaviour. Older children have worked with staff to develop their own rules for pre-school. They often remind each other to use 'kind hands' and 'walking feet' when indoors.
Children develop good physical skills. Older children make paper aeroplanes and fly them through the air. This helps to develop their balance and coordination. Young children climb on the wooden ship and dig in the outside area. Babies confidently move their bodies in a variety of ways. For example, they pull themselves to stand and dance enthusiastically to songs at singing time. This helps to develop their large-muscle skills. Children develop a love for reading. They sit cuddled up with staff in the garden area and share their favourite stories. This helps to develop children's literacy skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to further develop their understanding of the curriculum so that they are aware of the specific learning intentions for individual children n focus on professional development opportunities to raise the quality of the teaching to an even higher level n liaise with other provisions that children attend to share information on children's care, learning and development.
- 21 June 2022Good
- 20 February 2019Good
- 23 May 2018Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kozy Cottage Childcare Ltd
- 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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