Nene Valley Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Peterborough for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £75.00 a day for 3 Months – 3 Years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2021. Open since 2012, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Months – 3 Years3m to 3y | £75.008 AM–6 PM | £37.50Morning (8 AM–1 PM) or Afternoon (1 PM–6 PM), 5 hrs £45.00School Day (8:30 AM–2:30 PM), 6 hrs | £18.001 Hour | £10.00Early Start (7:30–8:00 AM) | |
| 3 Years – 4 Years3y to 4y | £74.008 AM–6 PM | £37.00Morning (8 AM–1 PM) or Afternoon (1 PM–6 PM), 5 hrs £44.00School Day (8:30 AM–2:30 PM), 6 hrs | £18.001 Hour | £10.00Early Start (7:30–8:00 AM) | |
| 5 – 8 Years5y to 5y | £50.008 AM–6 PM | £25.00Morning (8 AM–1 PM) or Afternoon (1 PM–6 PM), 5 hrs £30.00School Day (8:30 AM–2:30 PM), 6 hrs | – | – |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £9.00 a session Consumables: AM/PM/School Dayincludes All snacks and meals, wipes, nappy cream, sun
- £15.50 a day Consumables: Full Dayincludes All snacks and meals, wipes, nappy cream, sun
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours childcare support.
What childcare usually costs in Peterborough
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Peterborough 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
PE1 2TGWhat 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, 9 December 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children learn the skills they need to succeed in life at this warm and welcoming nursery. Their independence skills are nourished from a very early age. Babies help to tidy away their bibs after snack and children serve themselves lunch. They quickly become very confident in their self-care. Staff are always on hand to guide and encourage them. Children positively follow the rules and routines of the nursery and their behaviour is good. Older children are beginning to show an awareness of other children's feelings and successfully resolve their own conflicts.
Staff enthusiastically greet children and their families at the door and children happily enter the nursery. Staff ensure parents receive detailed information about their child's care and learning when they are collected. Children demonstrate close bonds with the kind and caring staff. Young children seek them out for cuddles and reassurance. Staff respond well to their needs, quickly recognising individual signs, such as tiredness, and spend time gently soothing them. Babies like to sit close to staff when listening to a story. Older children are confident to ask for help when needed. They talk openly to staff about their home life and happily include them in their play. Staff provide children with a range of different play activities. They enjoy exploring paint, using cars to make tracks and acting out familiar stories in the garden.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- find more ways to offer challenge for the most-able children to consistently extend their learning n provide the older children with more opportunities to explore and make their own play choices.
- 9 December 2021Good
- 8 February 2019Good
- 21 July 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Nene Valley Day Nursery
- 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 £75.00 a day 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.
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