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Nurseries in Chester Le Street

There are 13 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Chester Le Street, and 7 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Chester Le Street

  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 10 settings (3 Outstanding, 7 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • 2nd Home Childcare Ltd@Barley Mow - Day nursery, Chester Le Street DH3 2DJ, ages 0 to 3, 45 places
    Ofsted, 30 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bright Star Nursery - Day nursery, Chester Le Street DH3 3SR, ages 0 to 11, 89 places
    Ofsted, 8 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bright Star Nursery - Birtley - Day nursery, Chester Le Street DH3 2PR, ages 1 to 4, 140 places
    Ofsted, 27 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Caterpillar Club & Bumble Bees CIC - Pre-school, Chester Le Street DH3 1EN, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 21 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chester le Street CE Daycare - Pre-school, Chester Le Street DH2 2JT, 12 places
  • Dream Big Nursery School - Day nursery, Chester Le Street DH2 3LN, 44 places
  • Eden Garden Nursery - Day nursery, Chester Le Street DH2 1QX, ages 0 to 4, 61 places
    Ofsted, 31 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • First Steps - Day nursery, Chester-le-Street DH3 4HU, ages 0 to 5, 44 places
    Ofsted, 31 January 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Mains House Nursery - Day nursery, Chester-le-Street DH3 3HL, ages 0 to 11, 36 places
    Ofsted, 18 May 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Selby Cottage Childcare Centre - Day nursery, Chester-le-Street DH2 2EY, ages 0 to 11, 77 places
    Ofsted, 24 June 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stagecoach Performing Arts Chester Le Street - Pre-school, Chester Le Street DH3 3QA
  • The Grove Pre-School - Pre-school, Chester Le Street DH3 2LN, ages 3 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 8 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Village Montessori Nursery School - Day nursery, Chester Le Street DH3 2BD, ages 0 to 4, 39 places
    Ofsted, 19 August 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • 2nd Home Childcare Out Of School Club - Out-of-school club, Chester Le Street DH3 2PJ, 40 places
  • Bullion Hall - Out-of-school club, Chester Le Street DH2 2ES
  • Cestria Extra - Out-of-school club, Chester Le Street DH3 3PZ, 90 places
  • First Class Learning Chester Le Street - Out-of-school club, Chester Le Street DH2 2ES
  • Kip McGrath Chester le Street - Out-of-school club, Chester Le Street DH3 3EZ
  • Mains House @ Red Rose - Out-of-school club, Chester Le Street DH3 3NA, 32 places
  • The Valley Kids Club at Newker Primary - Out-of-school club, Chester le Street DH2 3AA, 48 places

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Chester Le Street

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.