Monkey Puzzle Irthlingborough
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Wellingborough for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in October 2021. Open since 2015, with 145 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Eligible families can access 15 or 30 hours funded childcare and may also use Tax-Free Childcare.
Worth knowing. Government funding does not cover the cost of the all-inclusive package we provide at Monkey Puzzle. Additional charges apply for meals, consumables (such as nappies, wipes, and sunscreen), trips, and any extra hours beyond the funded entitlement.
What childcare usually costs in North Northamptonshire
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.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
NN9 5GFWhat 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, 18 October 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy attending this welcoming and inclusive nursery. All children receive excellent support from staff; they develop very strong and positive relationships and secure friendships with their peers. Pre-school children concentrate hard and work exceptionally well together, for example when building a fort. They are guided by staff to think deeply about how they want the fort to look when it is finished. Children discuss this in detail and successfully fix the large pieces together to make the walls and a gate. Babies build playful friendships with one another.
They look for their friends and they giggle with joy as they play together. Twoyear-old children show high levels of confidence for their age. They thoroughly enjoy playing the tambourine and do so with rhythm and in time to their favourite songs. They show pride in their achievement as staff and their friends give them a round of applause when the song is finished.
Children are curious and highly motivated to take part in the activities. They confidently make choices about what they do, and they behave very well. Staff help children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities to take a full part in nursery life. These children receive excellent one to one support, which enables them to play alongside their friends safely and to have the same experiences. For example, children smile with happiness when they are successful in pedalling a tricycle around the garden and laugh when they splash in the water tray.
- 18 October 2021Outstanding
- 24 November 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Monkey Puzzle Irthlingborough
- 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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