Ash Park Childcare Services Ltd
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Thirsk for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2024, with 70 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 1UNWhat 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, 5 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled in this small, friendly nursery. Staff promote warm, caring relationships and children become increasingly confident. For example, they approach staff readily to have their needs met. Older children happily interact with visitors, sharing their thoughts and ideas. They are excited to talk about what they saw on their walk to the local fire station, or what they did at their weekly forest school session. Children enjoy their learning. They are encouraged to be imaginative and particularly enjoy role play. Children are well-prepared for their future move to school.
Staff create a well-sequenced curriculum that children access freely, according to their level of understanding. For example, younger children learn to talk about the police car and fire engine that they are playing with. Older children correctly work out an individual's profession from the job description read from their favourite book. They learn how to call the emergency services to summon help by calling
999. They also know that four and five added together make nine.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve younger children's access to outdoor play and learning n consider an even more focused approach to children's language development to help speed up their progress.
- 5 November 2024Good
Still missing for Ash Park Childcare Services Ltd
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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