Alanbrooke Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Topcliffe, Thirsk for children from birth to 8+, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 1995, with 95 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in North Yorkshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in North Yorkshire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
YO7 3EYWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 16 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and independent learners. They exhibit good concentration as they engage in their play. For example, children enjoy counting and identifying colours as they play with peg boards. They skilfully use their thinking skills to answer questions during activities. For example, children recall information about previous days out.
Staff plan the curriculum effectively to enable children to acquire important skills as they progress through the various stages of their development. They organise the environment to enable children to make independent choices about their play.
Younger children explore sensory resources, and older children participate in activities to find out information about the world. Staff support children to search for different countries on the internet and cook food from around the world.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen partnerships with other settings where care is shared to exchange important information to ensure consistency in children's learning and development n plan activities more precisely to ensure that all children, in particular younger children, fully engage and benefit from the learning opportunities n develop the process for gathering information from parents about their children's starting points in development to use as a foundation for children's learning.
- 16 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 2 April 2019Good
- 21 November 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Alanbrooke Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.