What Ofsted grade does Explorers have?

Explorers has not had a graded Ofsted inspection yet. New nurseries are usually inspected within 30 months of registering.

How many children can Explorers take?

Ofsted registers Explorers for 95 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Northumberland has 54.

How much does Explorers cost?

Explorers sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in North East charges £166 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.

Does Explorers offer 30 hours free childcare?

Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Explorers how it offers them.

Which nurseries are near Explorers?

Nearby in Wylam: Goosehill Private Nursery, Ponteland Private Nursery, Goosehill at Hepscott Park.

Explorers

Day nursery in Northumberland.

The Stables, Stephensons Arms, Wylam, NE41 8ED

95 places

2026 registered with Ofsted

63 of 78 in our Northumberland ranking

£117 a week, 50 hours for a 3 year old, North East average

What Ofsted found

Not yet graded

Ofsted has registered this nursery but has not yet carried out a graded inspection.

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What a place could cost

Explorers sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in North East, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.

Child's age	You pay a week	About a month
From 9 months to 2	£140	£444
2 years old	£126	£398
3 to 4 years old	£117	£369

A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.

Explorers against Northumberland

	Explorers	Northumberland average
Places	95	54
Ofsted outcome	Not yet graded	76% rated Good or better

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Questions parents ask about Explorers

What Ofsted grade does Explorers have?: Explorers has not had a graded Ofsted inspection yet. New nurseries are usually inspected within 30 months of registering.
How many children can Explorers take?: Ofsted registers Explorers for 95 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Northumberland has 54.
How much does Explorers cost?: Explorers sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in North East charges £166 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
Does Explorers offer 30 hours free childcare?: Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Explorers how it offers them.
Which nurseries are near Explorers?: Nearby in Wylam: Goosehill Private Nursery, Ponteland Private Nursery, Goosehill at Hepscott Park.

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.