Full-day nursery in Oatlands, North Yorkshire
Kindercare (Hgte) Ltd
31 South Drive, Harrogate, HG2 8AT · 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
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
31 South Drive, Harrogate, HG2 8AT · More nurseries in HG2
Stations
- Hornbeam Park11 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Harrogate17 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Tewit Well Ave, St Mark's Church and St George's Rd Bottom.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Stray or Two Hundred Acre3 min walk
- The Oval Gardens4 min walk
- The Oval Gardens4 min walk
- Trinity Stray6 min walk
- The Oval Gardens6 min walk
- Oatlands Play Park playground7 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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Kindercare (Hgte) Ltd is a full-day nursery at 31 South Drive, Harrogate, HG2 8AT, in Oatlands, North Yorkshire. It is registered for 44 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited.
Run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 300 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindercare (Hgte) LtdThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Oatlands Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.4 miles
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.5 miles
- Oatlands Community Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- Western Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected March 2024 0.7 miles
- Rossett Acre Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.7 miles
- Ashville College ages 2–19has a nursery class 1.0 miles
- Duchy College ages 2–18has a nursery class 1.1 miles
- Willow Tree Community Primary School Primaryages 0–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.1 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 Kindercare (Hgte) Ltd's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Kindercare (Hgte) Ltd Good at its inspection on 21 November 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Kindercare (Hgte) Ltd take?
Kindercare (Hgte) Ltd is registered with Ofsted for up to 44 children at any one time.
Who runs Kindercare (Hgte) Ltd?
Kindercare (Hgte) Ltd is run by Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, which runs 300 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Kindercare (Hgte) Ltd?
Hornbeam Park is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 400147 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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