85 nurseries in North Northamptonshire

Every day nursery in the North Northamptonshire council area, best rated first, with the ones Ofsted rated Outstanding and what a place costs after the free hours.

85 day nurseries

16 rated Outstanding

2 with a new report card (2%)

5,081 places in total

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

Outstanding nurseries in North Northamptonshire

16 nurseries in the area are in our top band: rated Outstanding, or graded Strong standard or better across a new report card.

Top-band day nurseries in North Northamptonshire
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	Little Wellies Day Nursery Peterborough, PE8	Outstanding	10 February 2025	89
2	Acorn Day Nursery Burton Latimer Burton Latimer, NN15	Outstanding	24 January 2025	93
3	Croyland Nursery School And Day Nursery Wellingborough, NN8	Outstanding	9 January 2025	16
4	Dream Days 2 Wellingborough, NN8	Outstanding	2 December 2024	34
5	Pen Green Centre for Children And Families Corby, NN17	Outstanding	10 January 2024	33
6	Little Learners Childcare Corby, NN17	Outstanding	5 June 2023	105
7	Little Steps (Higham Ferrers) Ltd Rushden, NN10	Outstanding	22 May 2023	99
8	Rhymetime Rushden Rushden, NN10	Outstanding	28 April 2023	96
9	Rhymetime Nursery Corby, NN18	Outstanding	4 January 2023	70
10	Busy Bees Day Nursery at Kettering Venture Park Kettering, NN15	Outstanding	28 September 2022	112
11	Squirrels Day Nursery Corby Ltd Corby, NN18	Outstanding	31 August 2022	63
12	Acorn Day Nursery Wellingborough, NN9	Outstanding	28 July 2022	81

Day nurseries in North Northamptonshire, best rated first

All 85 day nurseries in North Northamptonshire
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	Little Wellies Day Nursery Peterborough, PE8	Outstanding	10 February 2025	89
2	Acorn Day Nursery Burton Latimer Burton Latimer, NN15	Outstanding	24 January 2025	93
3	Croyland Nursery School And Day Nursery Wellingborough, NN8	Outstanding	9 January 2025	16
4	Dream Days 2 Wellingborough, NN8	Outstanding	2 December 2024	34
5	Pen Green Centre for Children And Families Corby, NN17	Outstanding	10 January 2024	33
6	Little Learners Childcare Corby, NN17	Outstanding	5 June 2023	105
7	Little Steps (Higham Ferrers) Ltd Rushden, NN10	Outstanding	22 May 2023	99
8	Rhymetime Rushden Rushden, NN10	Outstanding	28 April 2023	96
9	Rhymetime Nursery Corby, NN18	Outstanding	4 January 2023	70
10	Busy Bees Day Nursery at Kettering Venture Park Kettering, NN15	Outstanding	28 September 2022	112
11	Squirrels Day Nursery Corby Ltd Corby, NN18	Outstanding	31 August 2022	63
12	Acorn Day Nursery Wellingborough, NN9	Outstanding	28 July 2022	81
13	Stepping Stones Pre-school Kettering, NN16	Outstanding	11 July 2022	40
14	Windermere Day Nursery Kettering, NN16	Outstanding	17 March 2022	116
15	Monkey Puzzle Irthlingborough Wellingborough, NN9	Outstanding	18 October 2021	145
16	The Udder Pre School Day Nursery Limited Corby, NN18	Outstanding	21 June 2021	80
17	Blackberry House Day Nursery Corby and Forest School Corby, NN17	Expected standard in all 6	8 December 2025	145
18	Kids Planet Thrapston Kettering, NN14	Good	23 September 2025	78
19	Monkey Puzzle Kettering Kettering, NN16	Good	4 September 2025	65
20	Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Wellingborough Wellingborough, NN8	Good	3 September 2025	66
21	Kids Planet Kettering Kettering, NN15	Good	15 July 2025	73
22	Crazy 4 Kids Stanton Cross Wellingborough, NN8	Good	2 July 2025	70
23	Claremont Day Nursery Northampton, NN6	Good	27 May 2025	49
24	Pied Piper Pre-School Northampton, NN6	Good	20 May 2025	20
25	Busy Bees Day Nursery at Corby Corby, NN18	Good	10 April 2025	85
26	St Brendans Parish Playgroup Corby, NN18	Good	27 March 2025	32
27	Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Mawsley Kettering, NN14	Good	18 February 2025	52
28	Brats Day Nursery Corby Ltd Corby, NN18	Good	27 November 2024	47
29	Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wellingborough Wellingborough, NN8	Good	18 November 2024	100
30	Dream Days Nursery Limited Wellingborough, NN8	Good	30 October 2024	28
31	West Lodge Day Nursery Desborough, NN14	Good	30 October 2024	92
32	Toad Hall Nursery Glenvale Park Wellingborough, NN8	Good	23 September 2024	100
33	Kingswood Community Nursery Corby, NN18	Good	20 September 2024	26
34	Busy Bees Queen of Hearts Kettering Kettering, NN16	Good	19 September 2024	81
35	Happytots Rushden, NN10	Good	6 September 2024	24
36	Vicarage Farm Pre-School Wellingborough, NN8	Good	6 September 2024	26
37	Bright Beginnings Montessori Pre School Corby, NN17	Good	29 August 2024	45
38	Zig Zag Day Nursery Corby Corby, NN17	Good	15 July 2024	62
39	Victoria Centre Wellingborough, NN8	Good	5 June 2024	25
40	Abeona Warkton Kettering, NN15	Good	3 June 2024	78
41	Small Wonders Nursery, Pre-School and Forest School Peterborough, PE8	Good	30 May 2024	72
42	Building Blocks Christian Day Nursery Kettering, NN15	Good	5 February 2024	40
43	The Jack And Jill Day Nursery Ltd Rushden, NN10	Good	25 January 2024	90
44	Oakey Dokey Childcare Corby, NN18	Good	7 December 2023	120
45	Sunshine Pre-School Desborough, NN14	Good	15 November 2023	25
46	Tots and Juniors Rushden, NN10	Good	30 October 2023	52
47	Rushden Day Nursery Rushden, NN10	Good	29 August 2023	106
48	Playmates Childrens Day Nursery Wellingborough, NN8	Good	13 July 2023	35
49	Caring Kindergartens Wellingborough, NN8	Good	11 May 2023	120
50	Railway Children Nursery Kettering, NN15	Good	3 May 2023	37
51	Kiddi Caru Day Nursery and Preschool Rushden, NN10	Good	25 April 2023	96
52	Blossoms Day Nursery and The Hive Rushden, NN10	Good	4 April 2023	97
53	Wellingborough Day Nursery Wellingborough, NN8	Good	22 March 2023	63
54	Corby Priors Hall Park Weldon, NN17	Good	9 March 2023	120
55	Kiddi Caru Nursery Wellingborough, NN8	Good	25 January 2023	103
56	Mini Minds Nursery Kettering, NN16	Good	23 January 2023	36
57	Happy Hands Childcare Kettering, NN15	Good	16 November 2022	35
58	Great Doddington Village Preschool Wellingborough, NN29	Good	7 November 2022	24
59	Rhymetime Kettering Kettering, NN15	Good	2 November 2022	64
60	Apple Tree Day Nurseries (Burton Latimer) Ltd Burton Latimer, NN15	Good	26 August 2022	43
61	Toddlerz Day Nursery Limited Kettering, NN16	Good	29 July 2022	50
62	The Wondergarden Bulwick, NN17	Good	27 July 2022	31
63	Grassroots Nursery Wellingborough, NN9	Good	20 July 2022	45
64	Earls Barton Day Nursery Northampton, NN6	Good	15 July 2022	60
65	Playmates Pre-School (Raunds) Raunds, NN9	Good	14 July 2022	31
66	Stanwick Pre-school Playgroup Wellingborough, NN9	Good	6 July 2022	26
67	Our Ladys Preschool Wellingborough, NN8	Good	20 June 2022	18
68	Clarence House Wellingborough Nursery Wellingborough, NN8	Good	4 April 2022	24
69	Clarence House Wellingborough Preschool Wellingborough, NN8	Good	4 April 2022	21
70	Favours Day Nursery Limited Wellingborough, NN9	Good	9 September 2021	48
71	The Little Lane Nursery - Easton On The Hill Stamford, PE9	Good	29 June 2021	44
72	Kettering Childcare Kettering, NN16	Good	14 June 2021	47
73	Little Stones Pre-School and Out of School Clubs Wellingborough, NN8	Needs attention in 6 of 6	12 November 2025	24
74	1st Class Day Nursery Corby, NN17	Not yet graded	Not yet	40
75	Articulate After School Club Wellingborough, NN8	Not yet graded	Not yet
76	Busy Bees at Corby Weldon Park Corby, NN17	Not yet graded	Not yet	101
77	Little Foxes Childcare Kettering, NN14	Not yet graded	Not yet	20
78	Little Foxes Childcare Corby, NN17	Not yet graded	Not yet	18
79	Mucky Pups Childcare Corby, NN17	Not yet graded	Not yet	80
80	Oak Tree Day Nursery Rothwell, NN14	Not yet graded	Not yet	58
81	Pop Up Day Nursery Wellingborough, NN8	Not yet graded	Not yet	33
82	Pop Up Irchester Wellingborough, NN29	Not yet graded	Not yet	48
83	Rossett's Klubhauz of Play Corby, NN18	Not yet graded	Not yet
84	The Berrypatch Wellingborough, NN9	Not yet graded	Not yet	60
85	Willow Tree Day Nursery Kettering, NN14	Not yet graded	Not yet	35

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

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Nursery fees in North Northamptonshire

What day nurseries in East Midlands charge on average. Fees in North Northamptonshire 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 North Northamptonshire

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in North Northamptonshire 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.