Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Mawsley in Kettering offers a warm, friendly, and caring environment designed to stimulate children's curiosity and support their development from three months until school age. The nursery provides dedicated areas for babies, toddlers, and pre-school children, each with age-appropriate learning experiences.
A highlight is the pre-school's direct access to an exceptionally large garden area, encouraging free-flow play. The nursery serves seasonal, healthy lunches and snacks daily, accommodating various dietary requirements and supporting the weaning process for infants.
Employing the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, practitioners closely monitor each child's progress and create enriching activities to foster individual growth across all learning domains. The daily schedule incorporates structured activities like breakfast, snack times, and quiet periods, alongside ample opportunities for garden exploration and free play.
The nursery prioritises safety, with all staff undergoing paediatric first aid training. They also engage children in the local community through outings, promoting a sense of achievement and independence.
Parents receive regular updates on their child's day and educational plan via a dedicated communication app. Flexible sessions are available, with a minimum booking of two sessions per child.
Our ethos
At our nursery in Mawsley we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum, supporting all areas of your child’s development from three months until they are ready to go to school. Our early years practitioners monitor each child’s progress and plan a variety of enrichment experiences to support individual development in all areas of learning.
What it's like
Staff greet children warmly, and children are eager to explore and get involved in play. The staff know children well and use observations to plan effectively for their learning. Children feel safe and secure, snuggling into staff if tired or upset, and enthusiastically inviting staff to join their play.
The nursery offers sibling discounts, key worker discounts, and promotional registration incentives based on the number of sessions booked. No standard session fees or base rates are provided in the source text.
Funding accepted
Good to know
Food
Seasonal healthy lunches and snacks provided with dietary requirements catered for. Purees can be made for weaning babies. Breakfast includes Rice Krispies, Weetabix, Toast or Multigrain Cereals and fruit. Snacks include Rice Cakes, Breadsticks / Crudites and Dips, Crumpets, Crackers with Cheese Spread and Tomatoes, and a Selection of Fruit.
Opening hours
Monday-Friday: 8:00am-6:00pm
Age range
3 months until school age
Term time / All Year
All Year
Session types
sessional
Last inspected 18 February 2025
What it's like to attend
Staff greet children warmly, and children are eager to explore and get involved in play. The staff know children well and use observations to plan effectively for their learning. Children feel safe and secure, snuggling into staff if tired or upset, and enthusiastically inviting staff to join their play.
Inspector highlights
Areas to develop
Inclusion & environment
Leaders and staff work in strong partnership with parents to ensure children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive prompt support. Staff plan and implement purposeful strategies and intervention to support children in the setting, and leaders seek the expertise of other professionals to ensure children with SEND make the best possible progress.
Children run, climb, jump and balance as they explore the outdoor play space. Staff promote children's physical strength and stamina as they play alongside them.
It can be a tough time when your 1st child starts nursery. Our son didn’t want to go. However, the team at Mawsley have been epic! Very warm and welcoming - doing all they can to make our son happy. He now has a great time! We are well informed of his day and he sleeps like a log after, so he must be having fun.
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The staff there truly care about my boy and they extend that to us as parents. As a first time mum the anxiety was unreal and they went out their way to support me ❤️
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Most recent inspection
18 February 2025
Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.
View full Ofsted reportAshbourne Day Nurseries at Mawsley was registered in 2023 and is located in Kettering, Northamptonshire. The setting operates for 51 weeks a year, from 8am until 6pm, and employs 14 staff members, 10 of whom hold relevant childcare qualifications from level 2 to level 6. It provides funded places for children aged nine months to four years.
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