Vantage Park Day Nursery
Good★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Huntingdon 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 October 2024. Open since 2016, with 64 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 Cambridgeshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cambridgeshire 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
PE29 6SRWhat 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, 16 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff ensure that every child receives a genuinely warm, caring and nurturing greeting on arrival. Children arrive happy and leave their parents comfortably.
Younger children put their arms out readily to the receiving member of staff. These actions demonstrate that children feel emotionally settled, safe and secure in the care of staff at this nursery.
Senior leaders have a clear ethos and commitment to providing children with highquality, respectful care and education. They have devised a broad curriculum that includes the skills and knowledge they want children to achieve, although, at times, this is too ambitious for the very youngest children.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- precisely focus the planning of the curriculum and structured activities for the very youngest children so that they are more appropriate for their level of understanding and capabilities.
- 16 October 2024Good
- 16 November 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Vantage Park 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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