The Red Brick Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Northampton for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 2016, with 54 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours, plus 2-year-old funding.
Worth knowing. Funded hours are delivered completely free of charge. Additional hours outside of funded delivery are charged. Food, consumables and enrichment activities are optional. Parents may opt out of additional services if they wish.
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
NN2 8AGWhat 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, 25 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy to arrive at nursery and are eager to greet staff. Children who are new to the nursery are gently reassured and supported by attentive staff. This helps children to become familiar with the environment and new routines. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, have access to a well-balanced and stimulating curriculum. Staff know children well and so provide activities that engage children and help them to make good progress in all areas of learning. Children delight in playing outside. They gain the most from their outdoor experiences as staff playfully join in their games. Children make positive choices about their play as staff skilfully direct them and ask purposeful questions to encourage curiosity and problem-solving.
Children play cooperatively with their friends and learn to take turns with the resources. They confidently communicate their needs and show awareness of their changing emotions. For example, when comparing the different expressions on a toy monster, children identify the one that reflects how they are feeling that day and exclaim, 'This is me. I feel happy.' Children demonstrate good levels of confidence and positive self-esteem as staff give them lots of praise and encourage their efforts.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- monitor the teaching of early writing in pre-school to support staff in planning activities that are appropriate for the ages and stages of development of children n deepen staff's understanding of how to fully support the language and communication development of young children who are learning to speak
English as an additional language.
- 25 April 2024Good
- 19 November 2018Good
- 12 December 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Red Brick Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
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