Full-day nursery in Blacky More, West Northamptonshire
Puddleducks
Blacky More Community Centre, 30 Butts Croft Close, Northampton, NN4 0WP · 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.
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Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Blacky More Community Centre, 30 Butts Croft Close, Northampton, NN4 0WP · More nurseries in NN4
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Tiffany Gardens, The Collingtree PH and Community Centre.
Parks and playgrounds
- East Hunsbury Park9 min walk
- Penn Valley Park11 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground12 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.
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Puddleducks is a full-day nursery at Blacky More Community Centre, 30 Butts Croft Close, Northampton, NN4 0WP, in Blacky More, West Northamptonshire. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Red Robins Nannery Ltd.
Run by Red Robins Nannery Ltd (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PuddleducksThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Wootton PlaygroupSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
| Collingtree Day NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.6 miles |
| Simon De Senlis Pre-SchoolSessional pre-school | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
| Hardingstone Day NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.8 miles |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at Northampton Wootton FieldsFull-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.9 miles |
| Wooldale Early Care and Education CentreFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.1 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- East Hunsbury Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2022 0.3 miles
- Wootton Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 0.6 miles
- Northampton High School GDST ages 2–18has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- Wootton Park School All-throughages 4–19Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.7 miles
- Overstone Gate Primary School Primaryages 4–11 0.7 miles
- Collingtree Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.7 miles
- Simon de Senlis Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected March 2024 0.7 miles
- Hardingstone Academy Primaryages 0–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.8 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Puddleducks's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Puddleducks Good at its inspection on 3 May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Puddleducks take?
Puddleducks is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
Who runs Puddleducks?
Puddleducks is run by Red Robins Nannery Ltd, which runs 2 nurseries.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2618209 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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