Outstanding
110 placesYO26 6QD01904 935257
Yorkshire and The Humber
Childcare in York
205 registered providers with 4,360 places, up 13.8% since December 2021.
49day nurseries
93childminders
30after-school clubs
91newly registered since 2021
58.8%rated Good or better
125closed since 2021
Childminders are disappearing here. Numbers are down 19.8% since December 2021, against a national fall of about 24%.
Towns
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Highest rated
Settings across the council
The sixty largest and best-rated. Childminders are not named, because Ofsted withholds them.
Outstanding
99 placesYO19 5LT01904 566720
Outstanding
66 placesYO32 3JP01904 569540
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61 placesYO23 2RE01904 566730
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56 placesYO32 9UP01904 400244
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42 placesYO26 6HR01904607959
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38 placesYO10 4AP01904 677870
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24 placesYO23 2SB07722046184
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24 placesYO26 4YZ01904 936330
Good
131 placesYO24 1GS01904607959
Report card Jan 2026
125 placesYO1 7JD01904607959
Good
120 placesYO30 5XJ01904 674 762
Good
94 placesYO10 5AG01904 323737
Good
80 placesYO19 5RY01904 481222
Good
77 placesYO19 6NA01904 217321
Good
69 placesYO10 4DZ01904 642666
Good
60 placesYO32 2FZ01904 758717
Good
59 placesYO24 3BW07999772242
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58 placesYO19 5UW01904 415 144
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57 placesYO30 4RA01904479261
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54 placesYO10 3LG01904 75 15 19
Good
54 placesYO31 7TP01904 422211
Good
51 placesYO23 1BP01904 639024
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51 placesYO10 4DZ01904 628060
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51 placesYO32 2RH01904692221
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50 placesYO23 3FY01904709062
Good
50 placesYO31 9HU01904 627164
Good
50 placesYO26 6JT01904 783653
Good
49 placesYO32 4DS01904766866
Good
45 placesYO31 7TA01904414848
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42 placesYO1 9TJ01904 733833
Good
40 placesYO23 3YR01904 706567
Good
40 placesYO32 5SR01904 442 826 07472342309
Report card Mar 2026
40 placesYO26 6RA01904 786541
Good
39 placesYO26 6QY01904340495
Report card May 2026
38 placesYO31 7LX07707712453
Good
38 placesYO30 6NP01904 651767
Good
36 placesYO24 4NS01904 780277
Good
36 placesYO19 5QG01904 489053
Good
34 placesYO32 3LS01904 762776
Good
32 placesYO24 2PN07934421390
Good
31 placesYO26 5QA01904 791814
Good
30 placesYO30 6JF01904 674000
Good
30 placesYO31 0HA01904 551702
Good
26 placesYO10 4LX01904 555438
Good
26 placesYO26 4UP07749 315954
Good
26 placesYO41 4HP01904 607515
Good
24 placesYO24 3HP01904 555 299
Good
24 placesYO24 4AE07957101801
Good
24 placesYO31 8LP01904 806496
Good
24 placesYO31 9EH07407700315
Good
24 placesYO32 2YH01904 768966
Good
24 placesYO31 9LT01904206133
Good
24 placesYO10 4JG01904 849100
Good
22 placesYO24 1HR01904 704468
Good
20 placesYO31 9HU07762 327087
Good
20 placesYO32 9SH07762327087
Good
20 placesYO30 4YL07745 902272
Good
18 placesYO10 5JF07963134008
Good
11 placesYO23 3FT01904772078
No longer open
Settings that have closed
Worked out by comparing consecutive Ofsted releases; the closure falls in the six months before the date shown.
| Setting | Town | Places it had | Last rating | Gone by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ART CAMP @ Scarcroft | York | 80 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Kool Kids Club | York | 70 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Wheldrake Out Of School Club | York | 65 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Blue Sky Day Nursery (York) | York | 48 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Panda Preschool Playgroup CIO (York) | York | 24 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Manor CE School | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| York Sports Centre Sports Camps | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Nacey, Helen Jennifer | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Total Sports @ Copmanthorpe Primary School | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Total Sports @ Archbishop Holgate's | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Luke Brown & Lucy Brown T/A Kip McGrath Education Centres York West | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Wheldrake Pre-School | York | 24 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| The Snappy Trust | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Kip McGrath York North | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| United Adventure Camps - The Mount School | York | 130 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Muddy Boots Nursery | York | 99 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Total Sports @ Huntington PS | York | 65 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Park Grove KOOSH Club | York | 48 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| St Paul's After School Club | York | 30 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Kip McGrath York North | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Activate Camps @ Bootham School | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Kings Camps | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Huntington Primary TSL | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Hempland Kids Club | York | 40 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Panda Playgroup | York | 24 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Poppleton under 5s | York | 24 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Creative Coliseum | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| York Montessori Nursery Ltd | York | 69 | Needs improvement | Jun 2024 |
| York Montessori Nursery Ltd | York | 56 | Good | Jun 2024 |
| York Campus Nursery | York | 39 | Good | Jun 2024 |
| Wheldrake Playgroup | York | 26 | Good | Jun 2024 |
| Stockton Lane Playgroup | York | 25 | Good | Jun 2024 |
| Poppleton JFC | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2024 |
| Kip McGrath York North | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2024 |
| Stagecoach York | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2024 |
| Stagecoach York 2 | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2024 |
| Little Acorns Nursery | York | 54 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| Ignite Sports Coaching | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Kings Camps | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Heslington Pre-School | York | 20 | Good | Jun 2023 |
| Little Green Rascals - Bishopthorpe Out of School Club (OOSC) | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Welcome Nurseries - The Village Pre School | Osbaldwick | 54 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Copmanthorpe Out Of School Club | Copmanthorpe | 48 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Walmgate Day Nursery | York | 42 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Copmanthorpe Childcare Centre Ltd | Copmanthorpe | 33 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Bright Beginnings Nursery (York) Ltd | York | 33 | Outstanding | Dec 2022 |
| Welcome Petite Nursery | York | 30 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Dringhouses Out of School Club | York | 30 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Marygate Pre-School Playgroup | York | 25 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Quackers | York | 23 | Outstanding | Dec 2022 |
| Kumon York Rawcliffe | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Snappy | York | 25 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |
| Headlands Out Of School Club | York | 24 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |
| Heslington Pre-school | Heslington, York | 20 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |
| Acorn Family Centre | York | 11 | Good | Jun 2022 |
| PQA York | York | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |