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KidsStop in Towcester

Ofsted: Good
(Feb 2023)
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3.7(3 parent reviews)
·6 Watling Street East, Towcester, NN12 6AF · West Northamptonshire
Number of places
32 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2023
Local authority
West Northamptonshire

About this day nursery

KidsStop is a childcare facility offering a fair and transparent admission system with competitive pricing. The nursery prioritises providing a high-quality, safe, and stimulating environment for children, while also ensuring its long-term financial stability.

KidsStop aims to accommodate diverse family needs through flexible session options. Parents are encouraged to communicate with the management regarding any queries about fees or payment difficulties to avoid jeopardising their child's placement.

The nursery focuses on fostering each child's development through tailored activities, including specialised programmes run by external professionals. They are committed to supporting families by offering various payment methods and providing detailed information on how government funding can be applied.

KidsStop also assists families in navigating schemes like the Government Tax Free Childcare Scheme and the Childcare Grant Payment Service. The nursery’s policies are regularly reviewed, with advance notice given for any changes, ensuring transparency and continued support for families.

Our ethos

KidsStop is committed to providing a fair and open admission system that offers a competitively priced and good value service to all its customers. As a childcare provider, KidsStop aims to provide a variety of sessions that are as affordable and flexible as possible to suit the needs of the families we provide care for. We aim to offer flexibility and support to our families, so where we can accommodate alternative hours to suit your needs we will.

What it's like

Children are welcomed into a homely nursery by caring staff who develop special bonds with them, helping them to feel safe and secure. The environment encourages curiosity, with children exploring natural resources and making their own play dough. Babies use their senses to discover different textures while exploring fresh vegetables.

Flexible sessionsSpecialised activitiesGovernment funding support

Pricing & funding

Fees are charged on a monthly basis for standard sessions, including full days, school days, and morning or afternoon half-days. Standard rates are fully inclusive of meals, consumables, and extra activities, while funded placements for children aged nine months to four years are subject to additional session charges.

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • Fees are billed monthly and must be paid on or before the first day of the invoiced month.
  • A late payment fee is applied on a daily basis for overdue accounts.
  • Standard fees include all consumables, food, resources, and activities.
  • Additional per-session charges apply to funded hours for children aged 9 months to 4 years.

Key facts

Food

Hot, balanced, healthy meal between 11:30 and 13:00, consisting of a main course followed by a pudding. Children attending sessions beyond 12:00 are not charged for lunch. Packed lunches are permitted for those attending the lunch hour only (nut-free).

Opening hours

8:00 to 18:00

Age range

9 months to 4 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for KidsStop

Last inspected 15 February 2023

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children are welcomed into a homely nursery by caring staff who develop special bonds with them, helping them to feel safe and secure. The environment encourages curiosity, with children exploring natural resources and making their own play dough. Babies use their senses to discover different textures while exploring fresh vegetables.

Inspector highlights

  • The passionate manager works with staff to devise a curriculum that builds on what children know and can do.
  • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and children who speak English as an additional language have appropriate support in place.
  • Staff are skilled in supporting children's communication, using questioning effectively to further children's knowledge and introducing new words during play.
  • The nursery cook provides healthy, nutritious meals that children enjoy, and the manager works to ensure dietary requirements are met.
  • Partnerships with parents are good, with parents praising the nursery's caring staff and family atmosphere.

Areas to develop

  • 1help staff to be consistent in their approach to developing young children's independence so that children learn to manage tasks for themselves
  • 2support staff to recognise when less-confident children would benefit from their interaction to enhance children's learning further.
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What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents praise the nursery's 'caring staff' and 'family atmosphere'.

They note that their children have become more confident and social since starting nursery.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have appropriate support in place. The special educational needs coordinator works closely with staff and other professionals to ensure the right support is in place for children to make good progress.

Outdoor space

Outside, children explore a variety of ingredients as they combine them to make potions, showing a positive attitude to learning. Physical development is well supported as children weave in and out of cones on balance bicycles and scooters.

Parent Reviews of KidsStop

3.7
(3)
shontel cameron
7 months ago

Do not complete work for these guys. We have provided them an outstanding service, and now are refusing to pay invoice for services rendered. They owe us just under £1000 and totally ignoring our messages and calls. First few invoices paid with no issues, ow they have handed in there notice they don’t think they should pay for services rendered. The owner Nikki ignores your request for payments. I am now hundreds of pound out of pocket paying staff for work I haven’t been paid for. Avoid at all costs.

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Lucy Boden
8 months ago

All the staff go above and beyond and pour so much care and love into looking after the children!

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William Rees
3 years ago

Just want too thank nikki who tried too help me with parking issues that occur she was amazing

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

15 February 2023

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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