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Day nursery in Harrogate

Little Explorers Day Nursery

Not yet inspectedTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open a few years

A day nursery in Harrogate for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £69.85 a day, and they take the funded hours. Ofsted has not yet published a graded inspection. Open since 2025, with 30 places.

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Cost

What it costs

Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.

£69.85 a day
Private · £69.85

One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.

Where this came from

The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.

The fees as published on littleexplorersharrogate.co.uk/nursery-fees
littleexplorersharrogate.co.uk/nursery-feesread 26 September 2026

Funded hours

15/30 hours funded places for 9 months to 4 year old children.

Worth knowing. Funding only covers 38 weeks of the year, you will be charged at a private paying rate for the remaining weeks of the year. Voluntary contribution of £17.00 for a full day (2 sessions) or £11.50 for a half day (1 session) for additional expenses.

What childcare usually costs in North Yorkshire

£6.00an hour, typical for a 2 years old
£5.80an hour, typical for a 3 and 4 years old

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.

The basics

Places, hours and the day

Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.

Who they can take
Babies from 3 months, up to 5 year oldsRegistered with Ofsted for birth to 5.
When it's open
08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a weekFrom their Google listing
Funded hours
Takes them
Meals
IncludedFees include breakfast, cooked lunch and tea depending on the sessions that your child attends. Home-cooked meals made within the setting.
How many children
30 placesMedium for England
How long open
4 yearsOpen a few years
Address
Jenny Field Drive, Harrogate, HG1 2RP

Where it is

HG1 2RP
Ofsted URN 2828473On the register since 19 February 2025
Ofsted

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.

This setting re-registered. It replaced “Little Explorers Nursery” at the same address, which had been registered since 8 July 2022. A change of owner or legal entity gives Ofsted a brand new record, so the inspections below may only cover the time since then.

    Still missing for Little Explorers Day Nursery

    • 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.

    Before you ring

    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 £69.85 a day 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.
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    0.5 mi
    11 min walk
    07952963186Their website

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    Everything here comes from Ofsted's published childcare register, under the Open Government Licence. Ratings are quoted exactly as Ofsted gave them, with their dates. Read the full Ofsted reports · How we put this together.

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