Kindercare
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Ripon for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2023. Open since 2005, with 126 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
HG4 2RNWhat 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.
- 12 February 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 17 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The nursery provides a safe and nurturing environment where children and babies soon settle. Staff know their key children well and know what the children need to learn next. The manager observes the planning to ensure staff understand how to sequence children's learning so they make good progress.
Children confidently explore toys and activities with interest, returning to staff for praise and reassurance when needed. For example, babies make lines and circle marks in sand play. Toddlers select play foods and pretend to eat like a very hungry caterpillar. Older children play imaginatively with stick-on body parts as they learn what the different organs in the body can do. Children are happy, motivated and keen to learn.
Throughout the nursery, staff encourage children to have fun singing, chanting rhymes and using lively actions to extend children's communication skills and vocabulary. This helps babies and toddlers recognise rhythmic patterns ready for communicating. Older children listen well to instructions in a yoga lesson. They take turns to speak and contribute, which helps develop their confidence in a large group. Children are developing the skills, attitudes and dispositions they need to prepare them for their next stage of learning in school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- monitor the curriculum for outdoor play even more closely to provide a richer range of play experiences to further support all children's learning and development n improve information-sharing with parents and carers to provide a consistent approach to help support children's development and learning at home.
- 17 July 2023Good
- 23 January 2019Good
- 27 January 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kindercare
- 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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