Noah's Ark Preschool
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Knaresborough for from 2 years 6 months up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2008, with 20 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 funded hours from the term after they turn 3; up to 15 hours for eligible 2-year-olds; up to 30 funded hours for working families from the term after their child turns 2.
Worth knowing. No additional charges for funded hours; any hours over entitlement charged at current rate.
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
HG5 8ANWhat 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, 21 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children make exceptional progress in this outstanding pre-school. The committed manager has developed a broad and stimulating programme of learning which ignites the imaginations of the children who attend. Well qualified and experienced staff deliver these programs of learning with integrity. Children consistently demonstrate a motivation to find out more as they explore the well-designed learning environment. Interactions between staff and children are of the highest quality. Staff demonstrate their ambitions for the children by consistently providing children with appropriate challenge. They encourage children to try things by themselves and develop their own ideas. This can-do attitude helps children move to school and/or other settings with confidence. Staff act as exceptional role models and respect the children's voices and ideas. Children reflect this attitude in their play. For example, they listen to one another, share, show kindness and are considerate to their friends.
Management and the committee are passionate about inclusion. Additional funding is used to ensure all children including children who have experienced disadvantage and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities make excellent progress. This means that no child is left behind. All staff know the children extremely well and the children have built equally strong relationships with the adults who care for them. They confidently welcome visitors to their pre-school where their well-being is of the highest priority.
- 21 May 2024Outstanding
- 3 July 2018Good
- 30 April 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Noah's Ark Preschool
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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