Full-day nursery in Durham
Yellow Wellies
Avenue House, North Road, Durham, DH1 4SG · 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
Avenue House, North Road, Durham, DH1 4SG · More nurseries in DH1
Stations
- Durham4 min walk · 0.2 miles
Buses
31 bus stops within 400 m, including Bus Station Stand L, Bus Station Stand K and Bus Station Stand J.
Parks and playgrounds
- Wharton Park3 min walk
- Territorial Lane Garden12 min walk
- Allergate play area playground3 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- 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.
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.
What parents say
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Yellow Wellies is a full-day nursery at Avenue House, North Road, Durham, DH1 4SG, in Durham. It is registered for 52 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Daypark Ltd.
Run by Daypark Ltd (company), which runs 4 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation ages 3–18has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.4 miles
- St Oswald's Church of England Aided Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2022 0.6 miles
- Neville's Cross Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.7 miles
- Durham Trinity School & Sports College ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.9 miles
- Laurel Avenue Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2024 1.2 miles
- Framwellgate Moor Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected May 2024 1.4 miles
- Durham Newton Hall Infants' School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.4 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Yellow Wellies's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Yellow Wellies Good at its inspection on 5 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Yellow Wellies take?
Yellow Wellies is registered with Ofsted for up to 52 children at any one time.
Who runs Yellow Wellies?
Yellow Wellies is run by Daypark Ltd, which runs 4 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Yellow Wellies?
Durham is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Yellow Wellies?
You can call 0191 384 1444 and visit www.yellowwellies.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY360601 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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