Towcester Tots Day Nursery Ltd
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Towcester for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £97.50 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 2010, with 57 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £97.50 | £9.75 | £487.50Full Week |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.00 a day Non-Food Consumables
- £3.00 a day Optional Enrichment Experiences
- £10.00 a day Meals & Snacks
Funded hours
Up to 15 or 30 hours of Government-funded childcare per week, depending on their entitlement, offered over 38 weeks of the year.
Worth knowing. Up to 7.5 funded hours available per day; optional extras: Non-Food Consumables £3/day, Optional Enrichment Experiences £3/day, Meals & Snacks £10/day.
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
NN12 6AFWhat 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, 17 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children happily come into this warm, home-from-home nursery and are welcomed on arrival by the attentive staff. Staff cuddle the babies gently, who respond by babbling and snuggling in, demonstrating that they feel safe and secure. Staff play peekaboo with coloured scarves and sing to them. Babies gaze at their reflection in mirrors, and staff talk about what they can see, supporting their emerging sense of self. Story stations are placed thoughtfully in the nursery, where staff and older children talk together about the stories they are reading. Children listen intently as staff read with enthusiasm, bringing the stories to life. Staff use a variety of props to support storytelling, such as a sock worm, spaghetti, mud, play dough and large boxes. Children are confident to use these to re-enact what they have heard. This fosters children's love of reading and supports them to be creative and to use their imaginations.
Staff work with older children to create the nursery rules. This gives them a sense of responsibility and understanding of what is right and wrong. Staff are positive role models, who encourage children to be respectful of others. This results in children who play cooperatively together and are kind. Children happily share their musical instruments and use good manners. They are polite and understand the concept of turn taking.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's skills in supporting children's independence n strengthen support for quieter, less confident children, to help them participate in activities and build their confidence.
- 17 January 2024Good
- 6 March 2018Good
- 18 February 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Towcester Tots Day Nursery Ltd
- Nappies
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.
- Is £97.50 a day still the rate? 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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