Spring - Layfield
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Yarm for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2016, with 48 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Stockton-on-Tees
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Stockton-on-Tees 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
TS15 9TFWhat 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, 23 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide a very warm and welcoming setting for children. All children are happy and settled. They form good relationships with staff and their peers. The key-person system is very effective, and all staff know the children in their care very well. This enables staff to plan an ambitious curriculum indoors and outdoors for each child. Staff also ensure that they adhere to babies' individual eating and sleeping patterns, which ensures that they settle quickly.
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported. Staff work with other professionals to ensure that children receive additional help where needed. For example, they welcome speech and language therapists and physiotherapists into the setting and appreciate their professional guidance and ideas.
Staff are good role models and have high expectations of children's learning and behaviour. Staff consistently promote children's personal, social and emotional development during different activities and throughout the daily routine. For example, they gently and sensitively remind children about the rules in the setting, such as sharing and taking turns. Staff also encourage and praise children's good manners. As a result, children are well behaved and the environment is calm, friendly and happy.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the information that is shared with parents, for example, by including activities and strategies that parents may adopt at home in the progress check completed when children are aged between two and three years, in order to support any gaps in their child's learning n consider the daily routine and staff breaks, for example, so that more staff are available to support children with their self-care skills and independence.
- 23 May 2024Good
- 22 August 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Spring - Layfield
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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