Playmates Pre-School (Raunds)
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Raunds for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:00 to 16:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2022. Open since 2000, with 31 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Worth knowing. Resource fees for funded sessions include donations towards: snacks, nappies, wipes, nappy cream, nappy sacks, clean clothes, suncream, crafting gifts. Families choosing to not pay resource fees will need to provide all the above items in a named bag for every session they attend.
What childcare usually costs in North Northamptonshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in North 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
NN9 6LAWhat 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, 14 July 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and enjoy their time at this friendly pre-school. They settle quickly and engage well in activities of their choosing, showing a positive attitude towards their learning. Children develop their physical skills as they explore the well-resourced garden. They confidently jump on a trampoline, shouting to their friends, 'look at me!' Children enjoy splashing in water trays and learning how different objects float or sink. Staff encourage children to join in story telling as they lie in the shaded book corner in the garden. This supports children to develop their imagination, as well as their communication and language skills.
Children are friendly towards their friends, staff and visitors. They encourage visitors to join them as they explore potted plants, saying 'be careful, the leaves are spikey'. Staff teach children how to stay safe as they show them how to hold onto a rope swing safely so they don't fall off. Children react positively to staff as they are encouraged to share. Staff promote children's self-esteem as they offer them praise for their efforts when they proudly show them paintings they have completed. Staff are positive role models and encourage children to try things for themselves. For example, children are encouraged to peel their own oranges and pour their own drinks at snack, helping them to develop their independence.
Children show their awareness of how they can stay healthy, as they state 'water is healthy'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to further improve their interactions with children during planned activities and daily interactions to extend children's learning, building on what they already know and can do n build on behaviour strategies to help all children enhance their understanding of how their feelings and behaviours affect others.
- 14 July 2022Good
- 7 December 2015Outstanding
- 17 October 2012Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Playmates Pre-School (Raunds)
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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