Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Wellingborough

Ashbourne Day Nurseries at Wellingborough has made significant improvements since the previous Inadequate rating in June 2025, achieving a Good overall effectiveness grade. The nursery demonstrates strong safeguarding procedures with thorough recruitment checks and regular staff training, creating a robust safeguarding culture. Staff effectively support children's learning through well-planned curriculum activities that build on prior knowledge, and children show positive behaviour and cooperation. The report uses the legacy 4-area framework (Quality of Education, Behaviour & Attitudes, Personal Development, Leadership & Management), which has been mapped to the November 2025 7-area structure: Safeguarding (Met), Inclusion (Good/70), Curriculum and Teaching (Good/72), Achievement (Good/70), Behaviour/Attitudes/Routines (Good/68), Welfare/Well-being (Good/72), and Leadership/Governance (Good/70). The primary area for improvement is behaviour management consistency, where staff do not always apply expectations uniformly, limiting children's clear guidance and learning support.