Wellingborough Day Nursery
Good★ 3.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Wellingborough 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 March 2023. Open since 2012, with 63 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 North Northamptonshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in North 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
NN8 2AUWhat 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, 22 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are welcomed into this nurturing nursery by warm and welcoming staff.
They enter with confidence and are eager to start their day. Staff build strong relationships with children in their care. Babies are given cuddles and reassurance, which helps them to feel safe and secure. Older children quickly find their named pegs and hang their belongings up. They happily greet staff and their friends and quickly settle in.
Children lead their own play in this well-resourced nursery. Outside, older children arrange planks of wood to build an assault course. Staff encourage them to hold their arms wide as they balance along the beams. Toddlers take part in a scooping and pouring activity to help them develop their small-muscle skills. Babies enjoy dancing along to action songs. They excitedly clap and wave their arms saying
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the system of ongoing support for staff, to help them to improve their interactions with children and raise the quality of education further n use information from parents more effectively to support children who struggle to settle n support staff to use children's own backgrounds to develop children's understanding and appreciation of diversity.
- 22 March 2023Good
- 4 July 2017Good
- 12 April 2013Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Wellingborough 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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