Saltway Day Nursery Limited
GoodBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Banbury for children from birth to 5, open 08:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2025. Open since 2017, with 62 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
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
OX15 4UJWhat 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, 10 June 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff prioritise children's safety and ensure a safe and welcoming environment. For example, leaders deploy staff in ways that help ensure children are closely supervised at all times, including at the beginning and end of each day. Parents and children are warmly greeted and children show they are happy to enter the nursery. Staff are kind, positive and encouraging in their interactions with children.
This helps ensure children are relaxed and content. Children clearly enjoy being at nursery.
Leaders have supported staff well to develop a clear curriculum of learning which focuses on the broad areas of development where children show they need most support. For example, staff have focused effectively on helping children consider the needs of others and develop strategies for dealing with their emotions. The success of this is seen in the good behaviour seen throughout the nursery. Staff are equally as successful at supporting all children's developing language skills. This includes when they have identified that children need some extra support to catch up with their peers. Staff model words and phrases clearly and regularly sing and read with children. Children develop a wide vocabulary and the confidence to enter into conversations with adults and other children.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- refine curriculum planning so learning experiences more consistently take account of children's current stage of development n support staff to develop their skills in helping children learn well during periods of self-chosen play.
- 10 June 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 12 November 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Saltway Day Nursery Limited
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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