Orchard Day Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Daventry for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in July 2023. Open since 2015, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funded places for 2-4 year olds.
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
NN11 3TRWhat 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, 20 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children flourish in the care of welcoming practitioners at this inclusive, homefrom-home nursery. All children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), thrive due to the team's strong commitment of putting children at the heart of everything they do. They have a clear drive and ambition for every child to receive the best possible start in life. All practitioners talk to children with great warmth, and subsequently children develop strong attachments with every staff member, particularly their own key person. Children display a strong sense of belonging throughout the nursery.
Experienced leaders and highly skilled practitioners have developed an ambitious curriculum designed to give children the cultural capital they need in life.
Practitioners fully consider the differing experiences children bring with them, and build on these experiences to enhance their learning and development. They talk to children and their families about their home lives and plan opportunities to extend children's knowledge through carefully planned activities. Children delight as they take part in a special camping day, where they snuggle and share stories in tents, explore inside a campervan and pick ice cream to eat from the local ice-cream van.
- 20 July 2023Outstanding
- 24 November 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Orchard Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.