Looby Lou's Complete Childcare
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Northallerton for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £45.00 a day for 4 - 12 Years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2009, with 137 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 - 12 Years4y to 5y | £45.00Holiday Club Full Day | £30.00Holiday Club Half Day | – | |
| All ages | £70.00 | £39.00Half Day | £10.00 |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £10.00 per 15 minutes Late Collection After 6pmFirst 15 Minutes
Funded hours
Up to 30 hours free childcare under the Government funded scheme for all 0-5 year olds; 15/30 Hours Per Week Termtime/Stretched.
Worth knowing. Meals and snacks are chargeable for funded sessions / days: Morning Snack £1, Lunch £3, Afternoon Snack £1.50, Full Day Snacks and Meals £5.50.
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
DL7 8UQWhat 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, 11 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children and parents are welcomed at this friendly nursery. Children settle quickly, happily going to familiar staff for cuddles and comfort. This supports their emotional well-being. Staff encourage positive attitudes to learning and praise children frequently. They have high expectations for children. Where children need additional support to manage their feelings and behaviour, staff are swift to intervene. They patiently explain to children how their behaviour affects their friends. This helps children develop positive relationships.
Children make choices and decisions as they play, helping them to become independent learners. Staff read to children often throughout the day, helping them learn to love books. Children enjoy gathering around staff to listen contentedly to stories. Children benefit from the time and space they need to explore, experiment and create unique pieces of art. This supports children's imagination and creativity.
Babies access a carefully planned environment, where they can safely crawl, cruise furniture and move their whole bodies. Children access the outdoors, where they ride trikes and scooters and practise their balancing skills. This supports their core muscle development. Furthermore, children develop fine motor skills. Babies grasp toys, toddlers persist at stacking blocks, and older children begin to use scissors and competently make marks with chalks and pencils. This helps to promote early writing skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the already good practice in developing older children's expressive language skills by expanding on what they say and using additional words when responding n support staff to identify opportunities to introduce children to different mathematical concepts, such as size, weight and volume.
- 11 March 2024Good
- 23 May 2018Good
- 22 June 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Looby Lou's Complete Childcare
- 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 £45.00 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.
- 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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