Live Wires Club Ltd
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in York for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £48.00 a day for 2-5yrs, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2022. Open since 2005, with 44 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
52 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 2yrsbirth to 2y | £56.00 | £41.00Half Day, 5.5 hrs | |
| 2-5yrs2y to 5y | £48.00 | £38.00Half Day, 5.5 hrs | |
| All ages | £48.00Holiday Club Full Day | £8.50Breakfast Club £13.00After School Club, 2.7 hrs £38.00Holiday Club Half Day, 5.5 hrs |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.25 Hot LunchAvailable all year round
- £2.50 Transport (to and from village schools)per child per journey
- £20.00 per 15 minutes Late collectionafter 6pm; sibling discount excluded
Discounts
- 10% siblings discounton the sessions marked *
Funded hours
Funded places are available for all 3 and 4 year old children, all eligible 2 year old children and 30 hours extended entitlement.
Worth knowing. We pride ourselves on not adding any additional charges for any activities/consumables within the nursery and offering parents flexibility with their child’s funded hours.
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
YO61 3HJWhat 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.
- 1 October 2021 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 13 December 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children show excitement and enthusiasm as they arrive at the nursery. Staff carefully prepare interesting activities which help children settle into their play quickly. For example, young children play imaginatively with the trains and track.
Other children choose to experiment with the teapots and crockery in the water tray. Staff prepare areas for babies to enjoy tummy time and sensory play. Children show they feel safe and content in the nursery. They have good relationships with staff and include them in their play. Staff know children well. They talk to them about their family and know about their home lives. In addition, staff know how to meet children's individual care needs. This has a positive impact on children's wellbeing and promotes consistency in their care.
Staff have high expectations for all children. They use assessments to identify areas of potential delay in children's learning and create tailored targeted plans to help them make progress. Children make particularly good progress, in relation to their starting points, in their speech and language development. Staff support children to manage their feelings and behaviour. They use praise consistently to help children build confidence and self-esteem. Parents speak highly of the nursery. They say that their children are 'well cared for' and they are 'very happy with their progress'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance learning opportunities for older babies to help them prepare for the next stages in their learning n build on ways to help older children to further develop their literacy skills.
- 13 December 2022Good
- 9 July 2019Good
- 6 August 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Live Wires Club Ltd
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £48.00 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.
- 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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