Barkston Ash Nursery School
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Tadcaster for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in March 2025. Open since 2003, with 25 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
LS24 9PJWhat 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, 13 March 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are extremely excited and happy to arrive at this stimulating, safe and welcoming nursery. They confidently separate from their parents as they are warmly greeted by the knowledgeable and experienced staff, who know them well.
Children form incredibly close and positive relationships with their key person. This contributes towards helping children to feel safe and secure.
Children make exceptional progress in this inspirational nursery. Managers are highly motivated to ensure all children get the best start in life. The nursery's ethos is to motivate, inspire and challenge children to achieve. Children demonstrate a positive attitude to their learning and thrive in the well-organised environment.
- 13 March 2025Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 20 June 2019Outstanding
- 23 September 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Barkston Ash Nursery School
- What it costs
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.