Northstead Community Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Scarborough for children from birth to 8+, open 08:45 to 15:00, 4 days a week. £4.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2006, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £28.13self funded | £16.88self funded | £4.50The cost per hour |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £15.00 per 15 minutes Late chargeevery 15mins late or part thereof
Funded hours
Presently children are entitled to up to 15 hours free funding from the term after their third birthday. We also offer the 30 hours extended entitlement of which 25 hours can be taken with us at Pre School and the other 5 hours with a child minder or another setting.
Worth knowing. The funding can be used during the lunch time period therefore the maximum funding per day would be 6.25 hours. Once you have used your allocated funding you will only pay for additional hours or part hours you may accrue.
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
YO12 6LGWhat 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 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide a warm welcome for children and their families as they eagerly enter the pre-school ready to start their day. Children demonstrate their developing independence as they decide whether to hang their name tags and coats on a low peg or a high peg. Staff offer a range of exciting opportunities for children to engage in physical activities, inside and outdoors. Inside, children play on the gym mat. Staff encourage them to remember the rules of play. Children know that they need to take off their shoes to keep everyone safe. Outside, children move along the pirate ship plank in different ways. They enjoy showing their skills in jumping and hopping and seeing who can jump the highest or furthest.
The pre-school curriculum is carefully sequenced and adapted so that all children are supported to develop a range of key skills over time. Staff identify children's interests and use these to help children learn in their own unique way. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are very well supported.
The pre-school team works closely with parents and relevant professionals to implement the right support for children. This means children with SEND can access the curriculum and make good progress over time.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on the behaviour management strategies that are already in place to further support children to understand how their behaviour can affect others.
- 11 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 24 June 2019Good
- 12 February 2019Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Northstead Community Pre-School
- 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
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 £4.50 an hour 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.