What Ofsted grade does Northstowe Nursery have?

Northstowe Nursery has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 5 December 2025. Its most common grade is expected standard in all 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.

How many children can Northstowe Nursery take?

Ofsted registers Northstowe Nursery for 80 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Cambridge has 67.

How much does Northstowe Nursery cost?

Northstowe Nursery sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in East of England charges £192 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.

Does Northstowe Nursery offer 30 hours free childcare?

Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Northstowe Nursery how it offers them.

When was Northstowe Nursery last inspected?

Ofsted last inspected Northstowe Nursery on 5 December 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.

Which nurseries are near Northstowe Nursery?

Nearby in CB24: Chestnut @ Cottenham, The Wendy House Day Nursery Impington, Little Owls.

Northstowe Nursery

Day nursery in Cambridge, CB24. Part of the Cambridgeshire council area.

Stirling Road, Northstowe, Cambridge, CB24 1DJ

80 places

2024 registered with Ofsted

20 of 66 in our Cambridge ranking

£135 a week, 50 hours for a 3 year old, East of England average

What Ofsted found

Expected standard in all 6 Inspected 5 December 2025

Ofsted report card for Northstowe Nursery
Area	Grade	What the grade means
Inclusion	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Curriculum and teaching	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Achievement	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Behaviour, attitudes and routines	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Children’s welfare and well-being	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Leadership and governance	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Safeguarding	Met	Ofsted found the nursery keeps children safe in the ways the law requires.

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What a place could cost

Northstowe Nursery sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in East of England, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.

Child's age	You pay a week	About a month
From 9 months to 2	£155	£489
2 years old	£141	£446
3 to 4 years old	£135	£428

A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.

Northstowe Nursery against Cambridge

	Northstowe Nursery	Cambridge average
Places	80	67
Ofsted outcome	Expected standard in all 6	89% rated Good or better

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Questions parents ask about Northstowe Nursery

What Ofsted grade does Northstowe Nursery have?: Northstowe Nursery has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 5 December 2025. Its most common grade is expected standard in all 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.
How many children can Northstowe Nursery take?: Ofsted registers Northstowe Nursery for 80 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Cambridge has 67.
How much does Northstowe Nursery cost?: Northstowe Nursery sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in East of England charges £192 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
Does Northstowe Nursery offer 30 hours free childcare?: Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Northstowe Nursery how it offers them.
When was Northstowe Nursery last inspected?: Ofsted last inspected Northstowe Nursery on 5 December 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
Which nurseries are near Northstowe Nursery?: Nearby in CB24: Chestnut @ Cottenham, The Wendy House Day Nursery Impington, Little Owls.

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.