Owls Nest Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Northampton for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £28.50 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2019, with 64 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £27.00Holiday Club Half Day £28.50Holiday Club School Day £37.00Holiday Club Full Day £46.00Half Day £60.00School £68.50 | £63.00Mornings 7am including being walked to school or Afternoons School collection until 6pm £105.00Holiday Club Half Day Week £125.00Holiday Club School Day Week £163.00Holiday Club Full Day Week £210.00Half Day £280.00School £299.50Full Day |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £50.00 Registration feenon funded children only
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £8.00 an hour Additional hours
- £10.00 a day Early drop off
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
All 3 and 4 years olds are entitled to up to 15 hours government funding. We also offer Extended Entitlement so eligible parents can receive up to 30 hours. We offer 2 year old funding to eligible children.
Worth knowing. Children who attend for Funded hours only, our meals are optional, you are welcome to bring a packed lunch. On the registration form there is an option to tick if you would like our meals.
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
NN3 2PTWhat 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.
- 15 April 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 27 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled. Staff spend time interacting and playing with children, which helps them to feel safe and develop a sense of well-being. Older babies develop their small-muscle skills as they are encouraged to feed themselves at mealtimes under close supervision from staff. They enjoy exploring the textures and colours of paint as they create pictures. Toddlers are fascinated by familiar stories and begin to learn about numbers as they point at and count how many pieces of fruit a caterpillar eats. Pre-school children learn how plants grow. They explore compost and fill containers. Staff extend their experience as they provide construction toys that children use to create flowers. Children demonstrate their previous learning as they talk about their tall flower stem.
All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities
(SEND), are curious and motivated to take part in the activities. Staff are enthusiastic in their engagement with children. They plan activities that take account of children's interests and offer suitable challenges to extend children's learning. For example, pre-school children with SEND, who are fascinated by letters and recognise capital letters, benefit from exploring puzzles that show lower case letters. Staff help children learn the letter sounds as they work on completing the puzzle. This promotes children's listening and communication skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review and enhance routine activities, such as lunchtime, to ensure all children remain fully engaged and continue learning n develop staff's knowledge and skills to support children's conversational skills as they play.
- 27 February 2023Good
- 1 September 2022Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Owls Nest Nursery
- 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 £28.50 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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