18 nurseries in Kettering

Every day nursery in Kettering on the Ofsted register, best rated first, with what a place costs in East Midlands after the free hours.

18 day nurseries

3 rated Outstanding

1,059 places in total

£130 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Best-rated nurseries in Kettering

The top of our Kettering ranking: Ofsted's outcome first, then the newest inspection.

Best-rated day nurseries in Kettering
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	Busy Bees Day Nursery at Kettering Venture Park NN15 6XY	Outstanding	28 September 2022	112
2	Stepping Stones Pre-school NN16 9DH	Outstanding	11 July 2022	40
3	Windermere Day Nursery NN16 8LX	Outstanding	17 March 2022	116
4	Kids Planet Thrapston NN14 4NG	Good	23 September 2025	78
5	Monkey Puzzle Kettering NN16 0BP	Good	4 September 2025	65

Day nurseries in Kettering, best rated first

All 18 day nurseries in Kettering
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	Busy Bees Day Nursery at Kettering Venture Park NN15 6XY	Outstanding	28 September 2022	112
2	Stepping Stones Pre-school NN16 9DH	Outstanding	11 July 2022	40
3	Windermere Day Nursery NN16 8LX	Outstanding	17 March 2022	116
4	Kids Planet Thrapston NN14 4NG	Good	23 September 2025	78
5	Monkey Puzzle Kettering NN16 0BP	Good	4 September 2025	65
6	Kids Planet Kettering NN15 7PH	Good	15 July 2025	73
7	Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Mawsley NN14 1FG	Good	18 February 2025	52
8	Busy Bees Queen of Hearts Kettering NN16 9AG	Good	19 September 2024	81
9	Abeona Warkton NN15 5AA	Good	3 June 2024	78
10	Building Blocks Christian Day Nursery NN15 6QZ	Good	5 February 2024	40
11	Railway Children Nursery NN15 7HJ	Good	3 May 2023	37
12	Mini Minds Nursery NN16 9RU	Good	23 January 2023	36
13	Happy Hands Childcare NN15 6WF	Good	16 November 2022	35
14	Rhymetime Kettering NN15 5BZ	Good	2 November 2022	64
15	Toddlerz Day Nursery Limited NN16 8QA	Good	29 July 2022	50
16	Kettering Childcare NN16 0DH	Good	14 June 2021	47
17	Little Foxes Childcare NN14 2SW	Not yet graded	Not yet	20
18	Willow Tree Day Nursery NN14 4PL	Not yet graded	Not yet	35

How the ranking works: our ranking policy. What the grades mean: Ofsted report cards explained.

Nurseries by postcode in Kettering

Kettering is in North Northamptonshire.

Nursery fees in Kettering

What day nurseries in East Midlands charge on average. Fees in Kettering itself can sit above or below this.

Average weekly price in term time, East Midlands, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age	25 hours a week	50 hours a week
Under 2	£165no funded hours	£128after 30 funded hours
2 years old	£159no funded hours	£130after 30 funded hours
3 to 4 years old	£62after the free 15 hours	£123after 30 funded hours

Regional average, not any one nursery's price. Source: Coram Childcare Survey 2026. Work out your own monthly cost.

30 hours free childcare in Kettering

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in Kettering as anywhere in England. Every day nursery listed here is registered with Ofsted, which is what a nursery needs to offer them.

Check which hours your child can get

Who	Free hours a week
Working parents, child from 9 months	30 hours
Every 3 and 4 year old	15 hours
2 year olds in families getting some benefits	15 hours

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.