Green Lane Nursery and Childcare Centre
Ofsted report card Nov 2025Takes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Barnard Castle for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £5.85 an hour for 18 months to 28 months, and they take the funded hours. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in November 2025. Open since 2003, with 95 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
50 weeks a year.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 months to 28 months18m to 2y | – | £5.60second child £5.85Little Star's | |
| Up to 18 months18m to 5y | – | £5.85second child £6.10Minnie’s Room | |
| 28 months to Preschool aged children2y to 5y | – | £5.50second child £5.75Super Star’s Room | |
| Children who will attend school the foll | – | £5.40second child £5.65Pre-School Room | |
| All ages | £6.90Must be pre-booked £7.65second child £7.90Breakfast Club, 1.5 hrs £9.90second child £10.15After School Club, 3 hrs | £5.40second child £5.65Holiday Club for Club Children |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.54 Lunch
- £10.00 Late collection
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Most children from nine months are now entitled to funding provided by the Government. Children in receipt of the thirty hours funding can use it term time only at thirty hours per week or you can choose the stretched offer that will allow children to attend the setting twenty-two hours per week over fifty weeks. For those children in receipt of the fifteen hours, funding is provided term-time onl.
Worth knowing. Any additional hours are payable as shown above.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
DL12 8LGWhat Ofsted found, area by area
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.
What 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.
- 27 November 2025Report card seven areas graded separately Safeguarding: Met
- 5 June 2025Inadequate Safeguarding: No
- 21 October 2019Outstanding
- 21 October 2014Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Green Lane Nursery and Childcare Centre
- 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.
- Is £5.85 an hour still the rate? 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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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