Woodleys Farm Day Nursery
Good★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Northampton for children from birth to 5, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 2007, with 40 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 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
NN7 2LWWhat 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, 23 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children learn a breadth of knowledge and skills through the 'real-life' activities staff plan for them. They enjoy pretending to make different food for staff in the outdoor mud kitchen, such as curry and cookies. Children confidently discuss with staff what they are doing and answer questions, such as how many scoops of mud they need and how they will cook their food thoroughly. Staff praise children for being keen to try things for themselves, such as using their muscles to pull open the microwave door. With staff's support, children develop close friendships. They share resources and learn how to negotiate and wait their turn when they want the same toy. Children are happy to invite their friends and staff to join in with their chosen play. They search to find more spoons and bowls as staff suggest, 'Let's cook together.'
Children enjoy playing alongside staff and develop close relationships with their key person. They know staff's expectations and learn the routines of the day from a young age. Children under two years old navigate the stairs carefully, listening to staff and sitting on each individual step. They copy staff, repeating 'bump, bump'
as they travel. Children take their shoes off without prompting when they enter the nursery and hang their coats up on their individual pegs.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - develop staff's ability to recognise and make the most of learning opportunities during activities n strengthen how leaders identify and provide the necessary support for individual staff to improve the consistency of interactions, skills and knowledge n embed the professional development that the manager is provided with to improve their leadership skills and ability.
- 23 March 2023Good
- 11 April 2017Good
- 16 February 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Woodleys Farm 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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