The Parade Day Nursery ltd
Good★ 4.1 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Northampton for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 January 2025. Open since 2010, with 60 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 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
NN1 4EYWhat 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 September 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 24 January 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 23 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and excited to attend nursery. In the baby room, staff provide sensitive support to children and focus on building positive relationships with them. When children need reassurance, they go to staff who welcome them with open arms and cuddles. Older children rush inside their room and are keen to engage with the activities on offer.
Children develop their physical skills. They race around the garden on tricycles, supported by staff who show them how to use the pedals. Later, children ask to practise balancing, staff respond to this request and set up balancing stones. Staff support children who need more help by holding their hands. When children reach the end without falling off, they jump up and down with joy and show a beaming smile to staff and visitors to the setting. Staff praise children for having a go and have high expectations of what children can do.
Staff are skilled at introducing areas of mathematical development into children's play. During snack time, they ask children to count how many pieces of banana they have. They address misconceptions when they occur. For example, when children say a triangle is a circle, staff find the correct shape to show them. Staff then show children their snack bowl is a circle shape, to support this learning further.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review the organisation of daily transitions to support children's consistent engagement in learning n support older children to develop their independence skills even further n develop children's communication and language skills by ensuring staff use the correct pronunciation of words when speaking.
- 23 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 26 August 2022Outstanding
- 28 July 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Parade Day Nursery ltd
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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