Rainbow Corner Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Watlington for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2000, with 48 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Oxfordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Oxfordshire 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
OX49 5RBWhat 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, 11 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children have a wonderful time at this welcoming nursery. Staff greet children in the morning as they arrive and spend time talking with parents. This informative interaction at the beginning of the day helps staff to find out about children's sleep and well-being. An effective key-person system ensures that all children are well supported and their individual needs are met. Children have warm bonds with staff and snuggle up to them at story time, and when they need reassurance. This helps children to feel safe and secure and gives them a strong sense of belonging.
Leaders and staff have a clear vision of what they want children to learn. They provide many resources and plan enjoyable activities for the children. For instance, staff play Bingo with pre-school children to teach them about visual number recognition. Children are utterly excited when they recognise the number and write it down correctly. The winner calls out Bingo when their sheet is completed and shows immense joy and pride. Activities of this kind motivate children to have positive attitudes to their learning and promotes their understanding of early mathematics superbly.
Staff are good role models and have high expectations of children's behaviour. For example, they remind children to share resources and wait their turn. This encourages children to behave well and be kind and caring towards each other.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the arrangements to monitor the quality of teaching practice to identify when to provide individual staff with more training and support.
- 11 July 2024Good
- 13 August 2018Outstanding
- 16 November 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Rainbow Corner Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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.