Full-day nursery in Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Buckets & Spades Nursery
37-39 Victoria Road, Scarborough, YO11 1SQ · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
37-39 Victoria Road, Scarborough, YO11 1SQ · More nurseries in YO11
Stations
- Scarborough5 min walk · 0.2 miles
Buses
23 bus stops within 400 m, including Victoria Street, Aberdeen Walk Stop I and Aberdeen Walk Stop J.
Parks and playgrounds
- Valley Park6 min walk
- Crescent Gardens7 min walk
- St Nicholas Gardens8 min walk
- Royal Albert Park11 min walk
- Peasholm Park11 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, 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.
What parents say
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Buckets & Spades Nursery is a full-day nursery at 37-39 Victoria Road, Scarborough, YO11 1SQ, in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. It is registered for 98 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 43 reviews (October 2026).
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| Buckets & Spades NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Gladstone Road Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2023 0.3 miles
- Childhaven Community Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- Friarage Community Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected January 2024 0.4 miles
- Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected February 2024 0.8 miles
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.9 miles
- Barrowcliff School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 1.1 miles
- Springhead School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected June 2023 1.1 miles
- Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 1.2 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 Buckets & Spades Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Buckets & Spades Nursery Good at its inspection on 4 February 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Buckets & Spades Nursery take?
Buckets & Spades Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 98 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Buckets & Spades Nursery?
Scarborough is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Buckets & Spades Nursery?
You can call 01723 378407 and visit www.bucketsandspades.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY283140 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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