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Nurseries in Scarborough

There are 28 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Scarborough, and 6 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Scarborough

  • Ofsted report cards: 1 setting (6 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 23 settings (5 Outstanding, 18 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Amazing Owls Educational Play - Day nursery, Scarborough YO11 3LJ, ages 3 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 3 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Buckets & Spades Nursery - Day nursery, Scarborough YO11 1SQ, ages 0 to 4, 98 places
    Ofsted, 4 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Burniston and Cloughton Pre-school Playgroup - Pre-school, Scarborough YO13 0AE, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 16 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Buttercup Pre School - Day nursery, Scarborough YO11 3NN, ages 2 to 11, 27 places
    Ofsted, 3 June 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Childhaven Under Two's - Day nursery, Scarborough YO11 1UB, 12 places
  • Dovecote Playgroup - Pre-school, Scarborough YO12 5EA, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 7 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Friarage Nursery - Day nursery, Scarborough YO11 1HS, 18 places
  • Green Hedges Day Nursery - Day nursery, Scarborough YO11 2BJ, ages 0 to 4, 69 places
    Ofsted report card, 17 September 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Hackness and District Under Fives - Day nursery, Scarborough YO13 0JW, ages 2 to 3, 24 places
    Ofsted, 1 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Happy Jays - Day nursery, Scarborough YO11 3LR, ages 1 to 3, 30 places
    Ofsted, 29 September 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Happy Jays - Day nursery, Scarborough YO11 3YS, ages 0 to 4, 85 places
    Ofsted, 20 August 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Harlequin Day Nursery - Day nursery, Scarborough YO12 6LA, ages 0 to 4, 48 places
    Ofsted, 21 August 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hayleys Little Munchkins - Day nursery, Scarborough YO12 7JH, ages 2 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted, 18 March 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Jitterbugs Day Nursery - Day nursery, Scarborough YO11 2TD, ages 0 to 4, 72 places
    Ofsted, 18 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kiddiwinks Nursery - Day nursery, Scarborough YO12 5PB, ages 0 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 1 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kinder Place - Day nursery, Scarborough YO12 6QN, ages 0 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 10 November 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Footsteps Nursery - Day nursery, Scarborough YO12 7JT, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 30 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Learners Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Scarborough YO12 7RX, 38 places
  • MadHatters Pre School Nursery - Day nursery, Scarborough YO12 7SZ, ages 0 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted, 24 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Mencap - Day nursery, Scarborough YO11 2JE
  • Newby Early Years - Day nursery, Scarborough YO12 5JA, ages 3 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 17 January 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Northstead Community Pre-School - Pre-school, Scarborough YO12 6LG, ages 1 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 11 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Seamer Pre-School - Day nursery, Scarborough YO12 4RF, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 8 September 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Seedlings Nursery and Pre-school - Day nursery, Scarborough YO12 7BE, ages 0 to 4, 48 places
    Ofsted, 30 January 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Skylark Day Nursery - Day nursery, Scarborough YO12 5AB, ages 0 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 28 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Wooden Horse - Wykeham - Day nursery, Scarborough YO13 9QB, ages 0 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 15 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Wheatcroft Preschool Playgroup - Pre-school, Scarborough YO11 3AA, ages 1 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 7 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Wise Owls Educational Play - Day nursery, Scarborough YO11 3LJ, ages 2 to 10, 22 places
    Ofsted, 19 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Lindhead Out of School Club - Out-of-school club, Scarborough YO13 0DG, 36 places
  • Skids4kids Limited - Out-of-school club, Scarborough YO12 4QX, 45 places
  • St James - Out-of-school club, Scarborough YO12 4DT
  • The Base - Out-of-school club, Scarborough YO13 9EW, 32 places
  • The Playcentre - Out-of-school club, Scarborough YO12 7SA, 50 places
  • Wild Things Scarborough College - Out-of-school club, Scarborough YO11 3BA

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 Scarborough

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