Newbottle and Charlton Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Banbury for from 1 year 6 months up to school age, open 8am to 6pm. £5.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2023. Open since 1992, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £5.00Lunch Club or Early morning, 1 hrs £10.00After School, 2 hrs £13.50 £15.00After School, 3 hrs | £5.00Ad-hock |
Funded hours
30 hours, 15 hours.
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 3DLWhat 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, 4 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff greet children, parents and carers warmly as they arrive. They talk to older children about the experiences they have had at home, such as their swimming lessons. This helps children to feel valued as an individual and supports their emotional well-being. Children's ongoing personal, social and emotional development is of high importance to staff. Snack time is a social occasion, where many relaxed conversations take place between staff and children. Staff teach children to say 'please' and 'thank you'. This results in them doing this without being prompted. They politely ask to leave the table when they finished. Staff promote children's independence at every opportunity, and children confidently put their coats on and place drawings they have created in their tray ready to take home.
Staff plan an exciting and ambitious curriculum which supports children to find out all about the world around them. Children bring in caterpillars from home and this leads on to staff helping them to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly. Children explain a caterpillar turns into a cocoon and then a butterfly. They rush around the room, waving their arms, exclaiming they are a 'beautiful butterfly'. Staff find out what children already know and build on this to ensure children make progress in their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide more opportunities for quieter, less-confident children to share their views.
- 4 July 2023Good
- 23 February 2023Inadequate
- 9 May 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Newbottle and Charlton Pre-School
- 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 £5.00 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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