Full-day nursery in High Etherley, Durham
Explorers Day Care Limited
Fountain Head Business Park, High Etherley, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0LZ · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since July 2020Reference 2595516Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 12 July 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places111 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 8 July 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
Fountain Head Business Park, High Etherley, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0LZ · More nurseries in DL14
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Durham there are about 4.6 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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Explorers Day Care Limited is a full-day nursery at Fountain Head Business Park, High Etherley, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0LZ, in High Etherley, Durham. It is registered for 111 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in July 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Toft Hill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.4 miles
- Ramshaw Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 1.2 miles
- Copeland Road Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected September 2024 1.4 miles
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton Park Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 1.5 miles
- Oakley Cross Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 1.5 miles
- Evenwood Church of England Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 1.6 miles
- St Helen Auckland Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery class 1.7 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 Explorers Day Care Limited's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Explorers Day Care Limited Outstanding at its inspection on 12 July 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Explorers Day Care Limited take?
Explorers Day Care Limited is registered with Ofsted for up to 111 children at any one time.
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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.
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, 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 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2595516 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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