Full-day nursery in Blackthorn, West Northamptonshire
Blackthorn Good Neighbours Nursery
Blackthorn Good Neighbours Nursery Blackthorn Local Centre, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 8QH · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Blackthorn Good Neighbours Nursery Blackthorn Local Centre, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 8QH · More nurseries in NN3
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Pig and Whistle PH, Arlbury Road and Maidencastle.
Parks and playgrounds
- Lings Wood5 min walk
- Dryleys Park9 min walk
- Rectory Farm Linear Park11 min walk
- Great Billing Open Space (Church Field)11 min walk
- Lodge Farm Park12 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In West Northamptonshire there are about 3.2 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Blackthorn Good Neighbours Nursery is a full-day nursery at Blackthorn Good Neighbours Nursery Blackthorn Local Centre, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 8QH, in Blackthorn, West Northamptonshire. It is registered for 32 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (October 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackthorn Good Neighbours NurseryThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Daisy Chain Pre-School (Southfields)Full-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.9 miles |
| Bellinge Community Pre-SchoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.9 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Blackthorn Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.1 miles
- Rectory Farm Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.5 miles
- Woodvale Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 0.5 miles
- Lings Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.6 miles
- Billing Brook Special School ages 4–19has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.7 miles
- Lumbertubs Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.7 miles
- St Andrew's Ceva Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.9 miles
- Thorplands Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 1.0 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Blackthorn Good Neighbours Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Blackthorn Good Neighbours Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 1 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Blackthorn Good Neighbours Nursery take?
Blackthorn Good Neighbours Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 32 children at any one time.
How do I contact Blackthorn Good Neighbours Nursery?
You can call 01604 411166 and visit www.growingtogether.org.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY484188 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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