Emmy Jayne's Nursery School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Northallerton for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2022. Open since 2013, with 70 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Up to 15 Hours FREE Early Years entitlement per week for 2 year olds and up to 30 Hours FREE Early Years entitlement per week for 3 and 4 year olds, across 38 weeks of the year.
Worth knowing. Funded Places – Chargeable Extras.
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
DL6 1HYWhat 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, 1 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive at this exciting and stimulating setting. They enter with big smiles on their faces and are eager to start their day. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, parents do not enter the setting. However, staff help children to separate from their parents with ease and children happily greet their friends. Staff and children have excellent bonds. Children take pride in their achievements and are eager to share these with staff. They respond to the praise that they receive with smiles and cheers. Children are confident and demonstrate positive behaviour.
Children have plenty of opportunities for fresh air. They enjoy a vast range of activities in the extensive outdoor areas. This supports children who prefer to learn outside very well. Babies explore sensory activities, such as sand, rice and water.
Children are eager to explore the garden and use large play equipment. This helps to develop their large-muscle skills well. Older children learn about how to care and look after plants. They confidently discuss how they planted an apple seed, and it has started to grow 'shoots'. Children are very independent. Young children peel and chop fruit with the support of staff. Older children mix ingredients to make play dough. They excitedly follow simple recipe cards. Children confidently discuss the changes in the dough mixture as they add ingredients.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop staff's questioning techniques, so that they give children time to respond to questions and develop their critical thinking skills n support staff to identify the quieter children to make sure that they have the same learning experiences as the more-confident children.
- 1 March 2022Good
- 14 October 2013Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Emmy Jayne's 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.
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