Middleton Cheney Preschool Limited
Ofsted report card Dec 2025Takes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Banbury for children from birth to 5, open 00:00 to 24:00, 7 days a week. £16.50 a session, and they take the funded hours. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in December 2025. Open since 2017, with 35 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Morning session: 9:00 to 12:00 (£16.50) and Afternoon session: or 13:00 to 16:00 (£16.50)
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
2 and 3 year county funding, 15 hours, or 30 hours extended hours funding.
Worth knowing. All sessions 8:00 to 4:00 can be covered by funding as long as they don't go over 15 hours, or 30 hours if receiving extended hours funding. No subsidies asked for. The late session 4:00 to 5:00 is fee paying at £6 from September 2021. Parents must apply, obtain and re-confirm the 30 hour funding code every 3 months.
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
OX17 2PDWhat 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.
What 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.
- 4 December 2025Report card seven areas graded separately Safeguarding: Met
- 9 July 2025Inadequate Safeguarding: No
- 19 November 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Middleton Cheney Preschool Limited
- Youngest age taken
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
- Is £16.50 a session still the rate? 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.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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