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Nurseries in Wellingborough

There are 33 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Wellingborough, and 8 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Wellingborough

  • Ofsted report cards: 4 settings (6 Strong standard, 12 Expected standard, 6 Needs attention)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 26 settings (4 Outstanding, 22 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Acorn Day Nursery - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN9 6PS, ages 1 to 4, 81 places
    Ofsted, 28 July 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Articulate After School Club - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 4PG
  • Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Wellingborough - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 4LG, ages 0 to 4, 66 places
    Ofsted, 3 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wellingborough - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 2DR, ages 0 to 4, 100 places
    Ofsted, 18 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Caring Kindergartens - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 5AD, ages 0 to 4, 120 places
    Ofsted, 11 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Clarence House Wellingborough Nursery - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 4SL, ages 1 to 2, 24 places
    Ofsted, 4 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Clarence House Wellingborough Preschool - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 4SL, ages 3 to 4, 21 places
    Ofsted, 4 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Crazy 4 Kids Stanton Cross - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 1GN, ages 2 to 4, 70 places
    Ofsted, 2 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Croyland Nursery School And Day Nursery - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 2AX, ages 0 to 2, 16 places
    Ofsted, 9 January 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cygnets Pre-school - Pre-school, Wellingborough NN8 4TQ, ages 2 to 5, 46 places
    Ofsted, 8 July 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Diamond Pre-School - Pre-school, Wellingborough NN8 4SD, ages 3 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 16 January 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Dream Days 2 - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 1NB, ages 1 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted, 2 December 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Dream Days Nursery Limited - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 1NJ, ages 1 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted, 30 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Favours Day Nursery Limited - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN9 5UB, ages 0 to 5, 48 places
    Ofsted, 9 September 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Grassroots Nursery - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN9 6BE, ages 0 to 5, 45 places
    Ofsted, 20 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Great Doddington Village Preschool - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN29 7TR, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 7 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Happydayz Nursery (Northants) Ltd - Pre-school, Wellingborough NN8 3SD, ages 1 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted report card, 7 May 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Kiddi Caru Nursery - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 4UF, ages 1 to 4, 103 places
    Ofsted, 25 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Stones Pre-School and Out of School Clubs - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 4LD, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted report card, 12 November 2025: Needs attention in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Monkey Puzzle Irthlingborough - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN9 5GF, ages 0 to 4, 145 places
    Ofsted, 18 October 2021: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Our Ladys Preschool - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 2BE, ages 3 to 4, 18 places
    Ofsted, 20 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Playmates Childrens Day Nursery - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 1HY, ages 1 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted, 13 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Pop Up Day Nursery - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 4AH, 33 places
  • Pop Up Irchester - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN29 7AW, ages 1 to 3, 48 places
    Ofsted report card, 21 September 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Raunds Child Centre - Pre-school, Wellingborough NN9 6PA, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted report card, 19 March 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Redwell Nursery CIO - Pre-school, Wellingborough NN8 5LP, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 4 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stanwick Pre-school Playgroup - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN9 6QJ, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 6 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Berrypatch - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN9 5LG, 60 places
  • Toad Hall Nursery Glenvale Park - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 6BQ, ages 0 to 3, 100 places
    Ofsted, 23 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Vicarage Farm Pre-School - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 5WA, ages 1 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 6 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Victoria Centre - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 1HR, ages 2 to 11, 25 places
    Ofsted, 5 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Wellingborough Day Nursery - Day nursery, Wellingborough NN8 2AU, ages 0 to 4, 63 places
    Ofsted, 22 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Wollaston and Strixton Preschool - Pre-school, Wellingborough NN29 7SF, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 18 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Beccy Hurrell Voice & Arts @ Stanton Cross - Out-of-school club, Wellingborough NN8 1GN
  • Lask at Victoria Primary Academy - Out-of-school club, Wellingborough NN8 4NT, 30 places
  • Lask Childcare - Out-of-school club, Wellingborough NN8 2BE, 45 places
  • MACCA Sports Academies at Wellingborough OGs Sports and Social Club - Out-of-school club, Wellingborough NN8 6BS
  • Pacesetter Sports At Redwell Primary School - Out-of-school club, Wellingborough NN8 5LQ
  • S4A Group Ltd @ Glenvale - Out-of-school club, Wellingborough NN8 6BP, 40 places
  • SS Ltd @ Wellingborough - Out-of-school club, Wellingborough NN8 2BX, 46 places
  • Wellingborough Kumon - Out-of-school club, Wellingborough NN8 4JT

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Wellingborough

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.