Opening hours
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday : 07:30 - 18:00
The Day Nursery in Peterborough
Ofsted: Strong standard·
4.6(33 parent reviews)
·32 - 34 Priestgate, Peterborough, PE1 1JA · Peterborough
Number of places
64 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2026
Local authority
Peterborough
About this day nursery
The Day Nursery, established in 2005, is an all-year childcare setting in Peterborough, rated Outstanding by Ofsted on January 14, 2026. Catering to children aged 0-4, the nursery provides a warm and welcoming environment where children thrive.
The staff are highly skilled and form strong, trusting relationships with the children, ensuring individual needs are met. The nursery offers a broad range of experiences, including "daily mile" outdoor activity for all ages and visits to local places like the museum and cathedral.
They have developed their own highly ambitious curriculum, including a separate, flexible SEND curriculum, and provide excellent support for children with English as an additional language, even offering a dual-language lending library for parents. Parents frequently commend the excellent manners their children develop and the comprehensive updates they receive on their child's progress, reinforcing the positive impact of the nursery.
Our ethos
The Day Nursery in Peterborough offers a nurturing and educational environment for children, emphasising the importance of play-based learning and a rich curriculum designed to foster growth across various domains. They are committed to providing high-quality care and support within a safe and stimulating setting.
What it's like
Children thoroughly enjoy attending this extremely warm and welcoming nursery. The key-person system is highly effective in helping children to settle and build strong, trusting relationships with adults. All children are very well supported to achieve and thrive, benefiting from a broad range of experiences that help them learn about recycling, sustainability, and their local community.
Strong progressPositive attitudesHealthy eatingEffective teachingAmbitious curriculumTailored SEND
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 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)
Pricing on request
This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All_year
Established
2005
Ofsted Inspection — new report card
Strong standard
Last inspected Jan 2026
Grade summary
Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
—
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.
Category grades
AchievementStrong standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for The Day Nursery
Last inspected 14 January 2026 · Carly Mooney
What it's like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy attending this extremely warm and welcoming nursery. The key-person system is highly effective in helping children to settle and build strong, trusting relationships with adults. All children are very well supported to achieve and thrive, benefiting from a broad range of experiences that help them learn about recycling, sustainability, and their local community.
Inspector highlights
- Children make very good progress throughout their time in the nursery, building excellent language and communication skills.
- Leaders and staff create a safe learning environment that encourages a very positive attitude to learning, and children behave extremely well.
- Freshly cooked meals are healthy and well balanced, and mealtimes are used effectively to promote children's growing independence.
- Teaching is highly effective across all rooms, and staff know the children extremely well, building loving, trusting relationships.
- Leaders have established their own highly ambitious curriculum, including a separate, more flexible educational curriculum to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
Areas to develop
- 1Leaders and those responsible for governance should sustain their work to ensure continued improvement and high standards. They should focus on creating a transformational impact on the outcomes and experiences of disadvantaged children, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, those who are known (or previously known) to children's social care, and those who may face other barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing.
Inspection #10137458 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are very well supported by staff to manage changes in routine. Leaders have developed a tailored and flexible SEND curriculum to meet individual needs, working closely with parents to access additional funding, including specialised equipment and resources.
Outdoor space
Children participate in the 'daily mile', offering outdoor movement and sensory engagement for all ages, including babies. Yoga and music sessions also contribute to physical development.
EAL / language support
Children who speak English as an additional language are extremely well supported. The nursery offers a parent lending library with dual language books and invites parents to read books in their home language.
Parent Reviews of The Day Nursery
4.6
(33)
Charlotte
6 months ago
My son attended this nursery from around 9 months old until he left at the end of August to start school, and I honestly cannot thank the staff enough for everything they’ve done for him and for us as a family. He has a diagnosis of autism, and it was actually the nursery who first helped get the ball rolling with the assessment process. They supported us every single step of the way throughout his diagnosis journey — without them, I would have been completely lost, with no idea where to start or who to talk to. Their support, understanding and dedication went far beyond anything I could have expected. They consistently went above and beyond to make sure he had exactly what he needed to thrive, and the progress he made during his time there was incredible. The communication, care, and genuine love they have for the children shines through in everything they do. My 2-year-old daughter is still there now and absolutely loves going , she runs in every morning with a smile on her face. I don’t have a single bad word to say about this nursery. They have been a huge support system for our family, and I will always be grateful for the amazing start they gave both of my children. Highly recommend to any parent looking for a truly caring and supportive nursery. 💛
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Bek87
6 months ago
Fantastic nursery, recommended to everyone I come into contact with. Really stick to their Ethos, all children are looked after, cared for and really feels like walking into a cosy home. Staff are amazing and for a city center based nursery, with great connections for public transport, they have a great, secure garden space with so many areas for our children to explore. Keep up the outstanding work you all do.
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Nevin Toprak
8 months ago
My son started attending this nursery since April. I was researching so many nursery’s at the time and so glad I made the right choice. Every single staff have played just a big role in my son’s development so can’t thank them enough! I was worried about his communication and speech when he started as we were communicating in another language with him at home. However, since he started nursery his speech, confidence, even eating habits has been astonishing. He will repeat the names of the staff at home when his not at nursery and it’s so nice to see that his become this confident little boy that just wants to talk talk talk and repeat all the new words his learned from nursery 😀 the thing that I appreciate also is the regular updates through the day, it makes me feel at ease knowing this. Thank you to every single one of them.
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Chioma Icheke
3 months ago
UPDATE: AFTER PUBLISHING THIS REVIEW, I RECEIVED A HOSTILE EMAIL FROM THIS NURSERY THREATENING AND INTIMIDATING ME TO REMOVE MY REVIEW. THIS REVIEW IS NOT FAKE. IT IS A LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH EVIDENCE TO BACK IT UP. We had such a negative experience here. My son joined this nursery when he was 11 months old for only one full day a week which they were happy with. Unfortunately I was told he was just not settling, always crying and screaming. They refused when I tried to increase his days. When I checked the cctv one time I saw that staff was refusing to carry him even though he wanted her to. He would touch her arm and she would remove his hand. When he turned 14 months, they told me that they could no longer care for him. This was because he was always crying, which set the other kids off and made the staff complain of headaches. The manager also said out of the blue, that from her experience, he was on the path to being diagnosed with autism. When I confronted her about this in writing, she simply refused to acknowledge that she said this on the phone. Despicable really. I don't think the staff treated him well especially one lady who always ignored him during drop offs. I would NEVER recommend!
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Joanna Frączek
a year ago
My little girl has been attending this nursery since September 2024; she loves coming here and I can tell she has a developed a lot in terms of walking, speech and independence since joining. Staff members are absolutely fantastic! Very friendly and with great attitude towards children, they are very helpful whenever she gets unwell. The nursery serves home-made meals and they cater to all sorts of dietary requirements. I also love the fact they take the kids out on a daily walk/visit to the garden. For as long as we are staying in Peterborough, I will be sending my daughter to this nursery :)
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Inspection history
Date: June 2011
The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Outstanding). We're re-checking it against the original report.
- March 2020Outstanding
- October 2013Outstanding
- June 2011Outstanding
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