With childcare in the headlines this week following the Chancellor’s announcement that working parents will get 30 hours of free childcare for all under fives by 2025, Chronicle & Echo has collated nurseries in Northampton that are rated ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted.
The watchdog inspects education settings and gives them a rating from ‘outstanding’, ‘good’, ‘requires improvement’ and ‘inadequate’.
Here are 36 of the best nurseries in Northampton, according to Ofsted.

29. Busy Bees Day Nursery at Wootton Fields
Rated good at its last inspection published on August 31, 2017. Photo: Google

30. Caring Kindergartens (Moulton Park)
Rated good at its last inspection published on November 14, 2017. Photo: Google

31. Little Houghton Day Nursery
Rated good at its last inspection published on July 28, 2022. Photo: Google

32. Rothersthorpe Nursery
Rated good in its last inspection published on September 17, 2018. Photo: Google


