Nära Horton
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open a few years
A day nursery in Banbury for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £9.25 an hour for under 2s, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2022, with 55 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year, price list dated 1 January 2026.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 2sbirth to 2y | £9.25Tea-times or Afternoon £9.55Morning or Extended Mornings | |
| 2 years2y to 3y | £9.25Tea-times or Afternoon £9.55Morning or Extended Mornings | |
| 3 years3y to 4y | £9.25Afternoon or Tea-times £9.55Morning or Extended Mornings | |
| 4 years4y to 5y | £9.25Afternoon or Tea-times £9.55Morning or Extended Mornings |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £50.00 Registration feeChildren accessing a funded-only place are not required to pay a, not refundable
- £200.00 Depositcredited towards your first invoice
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £5.00 Bank transfer admin feepayment by bank transfer
Discounts
- 10% full time discount
Funded hours
15 Hours and 30 Hours funding offer for all eligible children aged 9 months and above.
Worth knowing. Stretched across all 51 weeks that we're open, offering up to 11.18 hours / 22.35 hours a week for 15 Hours / 30 Hours funding respectively.
What childcare usually costs in Oxfordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Oxfordshire 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
OX16 9ALWhat Ofsted said
Last inspected on 10 May 2023.
Good
Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.
Still missing for Nära Horton
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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 £9.25 an hour 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.
- 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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