Full-day nursery in Hatton Park, North Northamptonshire
Caring Kindergartens
48 Hardwick Road, WELLINGBOROUGH, NN8 5AD · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since September 2000Reference 220176Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 11 May 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places120 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 13 March 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
48 Hardwick Road, WELLINGBOROUGH, NN8 5AD · More nurseries in NN8
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including Torrington Road, Torrington Crescent and Buckwell Green.
Parks and playgrounds
- Bassett's Close Park6 min walk
- Dale End Park11 min walk
- Queensway Park Area12 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground10 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 North Northamptonshire there are about 3.5 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.
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Caring Kindergartens is a full-day nursery at 48 Hardwick Road, WELLINGBOROUGH, NN8 5AD, in Hatton Park, North Northamptonshire. It is registered for 120 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Caring Kindergartens Limited.
Run by Caring Kindergartens Limited (company), which runs 5 nurseries.
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| Caring KindergartensThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Freemans Endowed Church of England Junior Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected November 2024 0.2 miles
- St Barnabas Church of England School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2023 0.3 miles
- Croyland Nursery School & Day Nursery Nurseryages 0–4has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected May 2025 0.6 miles
- Croyland Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.6 miles
- The Avenue Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.6 miles
- Redwell Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.6 miles
- Olympic Primary Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.6 miles
- Park Junior School, Wellingborough Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.7 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 Caring Kindergartens's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Caring Kindergartens Good at its inspection on 11 May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Caring Kindergartens take?
Caring Kindergartens is registered with Ofsted for up to 120 children at any one time.
Who runs Caring Kindergartens?
Caring Kindergartens is run by Caring Kindergartens Limited, which runs 5 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Caring Kindergartens?
Wellingborough is the nearest station we know of, 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Caring Kindergartens?
You can call 01933 225633 and visit www.caringkindergartens.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 220176 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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