Station House Children's Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in York for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. £59.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2022. Open since 2005, with 80 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year, price list dated 1st September 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £59.00School Day £74.00 | £56.00Morning or Afternoon, 5.5 hrs | £8.00Extra Hours |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £50.00 Enrolment Feenot refundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- 50% Illness - thereafterafter first week of illness
- £10.00 Late Collection Charge (up to 15 minutes)up to 15 minutes late
- £20.00 Late Collection Charge (more than 15 minutes)more than 15 minutes late
- £25.00 a week Late Payment Chargelate payments
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £1.50 a session Snacks AMoptional, for those accessing funded hours only, includes healthy snack with milk/water
- £1.50 a session Snacks PMoptional, for those accessing funded hours only, includes healthy snack with milk/water
- £6.50 a session Lunchoptional, for those accessing funded hours only, includes healthy, home-cooked 2 course meal with water
Discounts
- 5% Full time discountchildren attending nursery on a full time basis
- 5% Sibling discountsiblings attending the nursery
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
9mth - 2 year Working Parent Funding, 3-4 year Funding.
Worth knowing. For those children accessing the 30 hours working parent funding, there will be no additional charges, as the funding rate covers our daily fees. For those accessing their funded hours only, there will be the following optional additional charges, in order to cover consumables that are not covered by the 3-4 year funding rate.
What childcare usually costs in York
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in York 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
YO19 5RYWhat 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.
- 12 November 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 16 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children demonstrate they are happy at this warm and welcoming nursery. They confidently leave their parents at the door and settle quickly in the calming and natural environment. Children form affectionate bonds with staff, who help them feel safe and secure. They are motivated to join in activities because staff plan to extend their interest and learning. For example, babies practise digging and scooping in the indoor sandpit. Older children are given ice to explore. Staff supervise them closely and encourage them to hold the ice and feel its texture.
They reassure children when they show that the ice is cold, slips from their hands and they drop it.
Staff have high overall expectations for children's learning. Children acquire key skills in preparation for the next stage in their learning. They show concentration and perseverance. For example, children maintain their focus as they hammer pegs into polystyrene. They demonstrate good physical coordination as they succeed.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - help staff to consider how they can support children effectively as they move through daily activities and routines, so that they do not become restless and disengaged n strengthen the arrangements for the supervision of staff to identify professional development opportunities that help raise the quality of education consistently to the highest level.
- 16 June 2022Good
- 19 September 2016Good
- 28 November 2012Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Station House Children's Day Nursery
- 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 £59.00 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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