Full-day nursery in Bishop Auckland, Durham
York House Nursery
40 Market Place, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7NX · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since August 2001Reference 550144Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 27 August 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places72 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 9 December 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
40 Market Place, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7NX · More nurseries in DL14
Stations
- Bishop Auckland15 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
16 bus stops within 400 m, including Market Place, North Bondgate and Kingsway Temporary Park and Ride.
Parks and playgrounds
- Auckland Park3 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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York House Nursery is a full-day nursery at 40 Market Place, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7NX, in Bishop Auckland, Durham. It is registered for 72 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 8 reviews (November 2026).
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| York House NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Etherley Lane Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.5 miles
- Etherley Lane Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.5 miles
- Evergreen Primary School ages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 0.9 miles
- Cockton Hill Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.9 miles
- Cockton Hill Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.9 miles
- St Anne's CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 1.0 miles
- St Andrew's Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2019 1.1 miles
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.3 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 York House Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated York House Nursery Good at its inspection on 27 August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can York House Nursery take?
York House Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 72 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to York House Nursery?
Bishop Auckland is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact York House Nursery?
You can call 01388 608335 and visit www.yorkhousenursery.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
- 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 550144 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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