Full-day nursery in Ranby, Nottinghamshire
Big Yellow Door Nursery
Ranby House Preparatory School, Ranby, Retford, DN22 8HX · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Ranby House Preparatory School, Ranby, Retford, DN22 8HX · More nurseries in DN22
Buses
2 bus stops within 400 m, including West Lodge.
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Nottinghamshire there are about 3.2 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
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Big Yellow Door Nursery is a full-day nursery at Ranby House Preparatory School, Ranby, Retford, DN22 8HX, in Ranby, Nottinghamshire. It is registered for 12 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Big Yellow Door NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Kilton NurseryFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 3.7 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Ranby CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.3 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Big Yellow Door Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Big Yellow Door Nursery Good at its inspection on 23 January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Big Yellow Door Nursery take?
Big Yellow Door Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 12 children at any one time.
How do I contact Big Yellow Door Nursery?
You can call 07738 911375 and visit www.bigyellowdoornursery.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2609744 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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