Butterflys Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Selby for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2022. Open since 2005, with 84 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
YO8 8LZWhat 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, 20 September 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff create a language-rich environment where children and adults enjoy conversations about what they know and enjoy. Children have established strong relationships with staff, demonstrating that they feel safe to explore and are motivated to learn. New children to the setting are given additional support until they feel confident to explore independently. Children's literacy skills are supported well. Older children listen to stories attentively and join in with well-known song lyrics. Younger children copy actions they have observed and move their bodies to the music.
There is a good range of activities provided for the children, both indoors and outdoors, to support the seven areas of learning. For example, children learn about growing food, flowers and herbs in their outdoor play area. Children learn to take turns and manage risks. For example, they take part in an obstacle course, where they learn to balance and jump. This helps to encourage them to make their own safe choices and to support physical development. Staff provide children with different coloured paints and add them to flour and water. Children use their hands to make patterns in the sticky mixture. They discuss how it feels and talk about the new colours they make.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the monitoring of the procedure for gathering information from parents when their children first start so that staff consistently have a clear and precise understanding of what children know and can do at home from the start n increase the focus on what individual children need to learn next and how they can challenge their own learning to improve the potential for them to make more rapid progress.
- 20 September 2022Good
- 14 December 2016Good
- 27 August 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Butterflys Day 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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