Windermere Day Nursery
Outstanding★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Kettering for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in March 2022. Open since 2001, with 116 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
NN16 8LXWhat 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 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are excited to come to this nursery. When they arrive, they race ahead of their parents as they rush to go inside. Four-year-old children shout 'I can't wait to see what we are doing today'. Young babies, who have just started at the nursery, settle very quickly. They snuggle into staff who encourage them to look at the photos of their family displayed on the wall. This helps children to feel safe and secure. Children have strong relationships with skilled staff, who know them exceptionally well as individuals. They benefit from the highly effective curriculum that is led by their interests. Staff offer exciting and stimulating opportunities that build on what children already know and can do. This results in children being deeply involved in their play and helps them develop a broad range of skills.
Children's behaviour is exemplary. From a young age, children are very respectful to each other. Young babies smile as their friends join them in the sand pit. They pass them a spade, so that they can join in with filling buckets with sand. Fouryear-old children help their friends to open bottles of paint. They praise their friends as they paint a rainbow saying 'wow, that's amazing'.
Children's independence skills are impressive. When one-year-old children sneeze, they use sign language to indicate to staff that they need to wash their hands.
- 17 March 2022Outstanding
- 19 April 2016Outstanding
- 23 May 2011Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Windermere 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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