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Nurseries in Skipton

There are 11 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Skipton, and 8 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Skipton

  • Ofsted report cards: 2 settings (6 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 7 settings (2 Outstanding, 5 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Brougham Street Nursery School - Day nursery, Skipton BD23 2ES, ages 0 to 4, 67 places
    Ofsted, 3 August 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chipmonks Day Nursery Hellifield - Day nursery, Skipton BD23 4HA, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 22 October 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Embsay Children's Centre - Day nursery, Skipton BD23 6RQ, ages 0 to 14, 85 places
    Ofsted report card, 17 February 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Embsay with Eastby Pre-School Playgroup - Day nursery, Skipton BD23 6RE, ages 2 to 23, 20 places
    Ofsted, 1 March 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • First Steps Day Nursery - Day nursery, Skipton BD23 1TE, ages 0 to 4, 68 places
    Ofsted, 24 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • First Steps Nursery - Day nursery, Skipton BD23 2JP, ages 0 to 4, 64 places
    Ofsted report card, 19 March 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Kip McGrath Education Centres - Skipton - Pre-school, Skipton BD23 1JP
  • Little Acorns Nursery - Day nursery, Skipton BD23 2UE, ages 0 to 4, 38 places
    Ofsted, 3 April 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Acorns Nursery - Day nursery, Skipton BD23 2UE, ages 0 to 4, 52 places
    Ofsted, 10 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rocking Horse Montessori Nursery - Day nursery, Skipton BD23 3BU, ages 0 to 4, 72 places
    Ofsted, 8 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stagecoach Skipton - Pre-school, Skipton BD23 1UQ

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Kanga Care UWF - Out-of-school club, Skipton BD23 5LB, 16 places
  • Kanga Kare Boyle and Petyt - Out-of-school club, Skipton BD23 6HE, 15 places
  • kanga Kare Greatwood - Out-of-school club, Skipton BD23 2SJ, 13 places
  • Kip McGrath Skipton - Out-of-school club, Skipton BD23 1LQ
  • Out & About - Out-of-school club, Skipton BD23 1PE, 52 places
  • Selfa Holiday Club - Out-of-school club, Skipton BD23 1TE, 32 places
  • Tailored Tuition - Out-of-school club, Skipton BD23 1JZ
  • Wild Explorers - Out-of-school club, Skipton BD23 3AE, 40 places

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 Skipton

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