Zig Zag Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Peterborough for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2022. Open since 2012, with 75 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funded places for eligible children from 9 months old; Funded hours for 2-year-olds from low-income families; Universal funded hours for all 3- and 4-year-olds; Extended funded hours (up to 30 hours) for eligible working families.
Worth knowing. Funding can usually be used across a mix of sessions, subject to availability.
What childcare usually costs in Peterborough
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Peterborough 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
PE1 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, 8 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children develop a sense of belonging at this welcoming and inclusive nursery.
They demonstrate positive attitudes to their learning and are respected as unique individuals. Children show curiosity as they explore the resources. They use magnifying glasses to search for minibeasts in the outdoor wooded area. Children show excitement and fascination, when they discover woodlice and are introduced to words, such as 'wriggle', as they watch the creatures move. They learn to identify the differences between wild animals, such as a tiger and leopard, successfully count the number of legs on the toy elephant and eagerly 'roar' like a lion. From a young age, children are encouraged to take responsibility and to develop their independence skills.
Children enthusiastically work together to fill different sized containers with sand, and demonstrate pride in their achievements. Children learn to use tools for a purpose. They handle hole punchers, scissors and staplers during creative activities and spades to cover their sunflower seeds with soil. Additionally, staff support the children to use a real drill to secure nails into wood. Children become involved in imaginary play at the mud kitchen. Younger children learn to concentrate, persevere and problem solve as they stack foam blocks on top of one another.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff even more to develop their knowledge and skills to enable them to implement the curriculum and enhance their interactions with the children n review the organisation of planned routines to enable children to develop and complete activities they are enjoying.
- 8 March 2022Good
- 26 January 2016Outstanding
- 13 September 2012Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Zig Zag Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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
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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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