Child First Banbury Nursery

8 Horsefair, Banbury OX16 0AA
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  • Child First Banbury Nursery, Banbury
Child First Banbury Nursery is a private daycare nursery situated in two of the most historic buildings in the heart of the town, overlooking the famous Banbury Cross. The nursery is conveniently located for both local residents and commuters alike.

The nursery is open from 7:30 am - 6:00 pm Monday to Friday and cares for children aged 3 months to 5 years.

The environment is full of fun and adventure and encourages a free flow approach to learning.

Being a town centre nursery is perfect for trips to the park, visits to the library, shopping for baking ingredients and children can always be seen out and about around the town.

Three fully equipped outdoor play areas within the setting ensure that children can always play, learn and explore outside, whatever the weather.

The onsite nursery chef prepares fresh, tasty and healthy meals and snacks throughout the day.

Parents and guardians can confidently leave, knowing that children are safe and secure and that they will have a great time, with days full of variety and fun ensuring they become happy, secure and confident little learners.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 36

Total Places for Children

  • 100

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays, Christmas & Training Days

Child First Banbury Nursery Reviews (113)

9.5

Child First Banbury Nursery has a Review Score of 9.5 (9.532) out of 10, based on 38 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Child First Banbury Nursery has 113 reviews.

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Review from Charlotte W (Mother of Child) published on 31 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My daughter has been attending the setting since she was 9 months old and I believe the nursery to be a very positive, caring environment for her. They made the transition for her (and me!) very smooth and easy with constant updates and reassurance it made the difficult process of me going back to work
better than it could have been. Her confidence has significantly grown since she started and she has learnt a lot of new skills. The setting is very spacious and clean and they change the rooms around with new activities for children fairly regularly. Staff are friendly and knowledgeable of the children attending even if they don't work directly with the. The office staff are always welcoming and make time totally if you have any concerns or queries both in person and email, communication is very good. The food is cooked fresh daily and my daughter has been more adventurous with trying new things since starting there. Although the overall care is good and recent ofsted report was deemed it (expected standard). I don't think it is very overpriced (I would expect and ofted rating of "exceptional") for what they charge.
Reply from Leanne Evans, Manager at Child First Banbury NurseryThank you for your lovely review and for choosing Child First :)
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Review from Kymm R (Mother of Child) published on 24 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My boy has been at Child First in Banbury since September 2025 and has thrived since in the new year he moved under Maddie's care in the sweetpeas rooms and loves it. He's made lots of new friends, always talks about the staff and is getting so much better at drop offs in the morning.
Reply from Leanne Evans, Manager at Child First Banbury NurseryThank you for your lovely review and for choosing Child First :)
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Review from Amy J (Mother of Child) published on 24 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Sweetpea's room and staff are always helpful and reassuring. They provide useful information at handovers and are able to answer questions when we have them.
Reply from Leanne Evans, Manager at Child First Banbury NurseryThank you for your lovely review and for choosing Child First :)
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Review from A T (Mother of Child) published on 24 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Lovely nursery. Kind & caring staff. My daughter has been attending since she was 1. She is now nearly 4. She loves nursery, the staff & her made some friends. All senior staff are wonderful & make the nursery a safe place for you to leave your kids with they do activities for lots of religious & non
religious events which allows children to understand diversity.
Reply from Leanne Evans, Manager at Child First Banbury NurseryThank you for your lovely review and for choosing Child First :)
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Review from M N (Mother of Child) published on 24 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My daughter is one year old and started attending Child First 3 months ago. At first I was anxious about how she would adjust, but she settled in faster than I thought. The staff are incredibly supportive, patient and re assuring, especially during those early days when I called often to check on her.
I'm so impressed with how much she's developed. She is learning so much every day. The team is incredibly encouraging and nurturing, she loves going there every day. Highly recommend!
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Review from Rima A (Mother of Child) published on 24 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son currently attends classes here part time, he totally loves it! He enjoys play time with Jasmine and Mike, same every time he comes home he tells me all about it. All the teachers encourage him to have his lunch and he always finishes it which I'm happy about. We love Child First!
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Review from Michael A (Father of Child) published on 23 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We have had a very positive experience at the nursery. Jasmin especially has made an important and lasting impression as she has made extraordinary efforts to support our son. The staff in general have been excellent and really important for our son's development. This is particularly impressive as
funding is difficult in an organisation within childcare.
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Review from C B (Mother of Child) published on 23 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Both of my daughters have been flourishing since joining Child First in September. They're both more talkative, confident and active. Christmas was especially lovely as it was evident how much they'd learnt about the festive season. They always return home happy and full of nice stories and exercises.
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Review from L D (Mother of Child) published on 18 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Overall a lovely nursery, has improved after last year with members of staff leaving, but they seem to be back on there feet & my child loves preschool. She is always excited to tell me about her day & activities she has done.
Reply from Leanne Evans, Manager at Child First Banbury NurseryThank you for your lovely review and for choosing Child First Banbury :)
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Review from C T (Father of Child) published on 13 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Child First have provided a great level of childcare for both our children. The last year has been more challenging for them, with a lot of staff changes, but this has settled and they continue to provide an excellent environment, especially in the pre-school. Many thanks to all the pre-school staff,
who have exceptionally big shoes to fill!
Reply from Leanne Evans, Manager at Child First Banbury NurseryThank you so much for your lovely review and for choosing Child First Banbury :)
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Review from Sandip M (Father of Child) published on 12 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Overall the experience last 6 months ahs been good, knowledgeable staff on everday eating, activities & sleep at handover alot better. Good that my child know her key worker & enjoy going to nursery. She has good close bonds with staff & children in nursery. Overall alot better & happy with the staff
& environment & teaching she has got in sweetpeas. Enjoy the observation & the portal.
Reply from Leanne Evans, Manager at Child First Banbury NurseryThank you so much for your lovely review and for choosing Child First Banbury :)
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Review from J M (Father of Child) published on 12 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Both of my girls have flourished in the care of Child First Banbury. Their development has exceeded our expectations and I can't wait to see what they turn into. Maddy & Laura are caring, creative and brilliant key workers to our kids and we can't imagine them anywhere else.
Reply from Leanne Evans, Manager at Child First Banbury NurseryThank you so much for your lovely review and for choosing Child First Banbury :)
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Review from Andras B (Father of Child) published on 12 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
All ok within pre school. Jasmin and Monika really look after Zoe.
Zoe enjoy the play. Jasmin really helpful.
Reply from Leanne Evans, Manager at Child First Banbury NurseryThank you so much for your lovely review and for choosing Child First Banbury :)
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Review from T M (Mother of Child) published on 12 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has attended Child First since she was one and she has thrived. I have been amazed by how much she has learned from developing her speech, learning about the world and increasing her confidence. She has loved being in bluebells & sweetpeas, playing with Jennifer & Maddie, especially singing
along and most days giving my daughter Disney hairstyles. All workers have been fantastic and caring and I can't wait to see how my daughter progresses as she joins preschool.
Reply from Leanne Evans, Manager at Child First Banbury NurseryThank you so much for your lovely review and for choosing Child First Banbury :)
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Review from E C (Mother of Child) published on 12 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Mike is a very loving and caring towards Luna - Luna is always coming home saying how nice she is and how fun. Thank you Mike.
Reply from Leanne Evans, Manager at Child First Banbury NurseryThank you so much for your review and for choosing Child First :)
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Review from S P (Mother of Child) published on 12 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We've actually had over 4 years with Child First across both our kids but most recently with our youngest. We love the nursery, both of our boys have been sohappy here in their time (and we were so sad when it came time for our eldest to leave). The staff are so caring (genuinely) and we've always felt
our boys were being well looked after.
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Review from J R (Mother of Child) published on 12 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our daughter has learned so many skills in sweetpeas and we have seen such a leap in her counting skills, her social skills and ability to read and write. She looks forward every day to seeing her friends and tells us such wonderful tales each day of all the activities she got up to. We know she is
well cared for by staff because she tells us how well Maddy cares for her, how fun Jennifer is to play with.
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Review from S R (Mother of Child) published on 12 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Maddie and her team care deeply for the children and have tireless enthusiasm looking after them. Both of my sons have really valued having the Child First team as an extension of their family & their first steps towards education.
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Review from Robert B (Father of Child) published on 11 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Really supportive key worker always looking at fun ways to develop and explore. Noticed a real improvement to handovers, all the relevant information provided without needing to take a long time at the end of the day. Had more photos and observations of activities through the day. Would always take
more if possible! Overall really good and noticed personalities of children allowed to come through and be themselves.
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Review from Alec K (Father of Child) published on 11 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Isaac always loves coming into Sweetpeas in the mornings. He is happy here and the staff are always caring and attentive.
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Current Review Score: 9.5 (9.532)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.5 (9.532) out of 10 for Child First Banbury Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.5 out of 5 from 38 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 37 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.532 for Child First Banbury Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (270 Excellents x 5) + (152 Goods x 4) + (28 Satisfactorys x 3) + (1 Poors x 2) ) ÷ 451 Ratings = 4.532
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Child First Banbury Nursery is based on 37 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 20 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews, 0.05 Points for the next five Positive Reviews, and finally 0.025 Points for the next ten Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.050, 7th = 0.050, 8th = 0.050, 9th = 0.050, 10th = 0.050, 11th = 0.025, 12th = 0.025, 13th = 0.025, 14th = 0.025, 15th = 0.025, 16th = 0.025, 17th = 0.025, 18th = 0.025, 19th = 0.025, 20th = 0.025) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 100 number of registered child places is 20, which has been reached with 37 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Child First Banbury Nursery

What is the Age Range of Children that Child First Banbury Nursery accepts?

Child First Banbury Nursery accepts Children aged from 0 years 3 months to 5 years 0 months.

What Days & Hours is Child First Banbury Nursery Open?

Child First Banbury Nursery is open: Monday 07:30-18:00, Tuesday 07:30-18:00, Wednesday 07:30-18:00, Thursday 07:30-18:00, Friday 07:30-18:00.

How many Children does Child First Banbury Nursery have capacity for?

Child First Banbury Nursery has capacity for a total of 100 Children.

How far is Child First Banbury Nursery to the centre of Banbury?

0.0 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.

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