24 nurseries in Harrogate

Every day nursery in Harrogate on the Ofsted register, best rated first, with what a place costs in Yorkshire and the Humber after the free hours.

24 day nurseries

4 rated Outstanding

2 with a new report card (8%)

1,474 places in total

£124 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Best-rated nurseries in Harrogate

The top of our Harrogate ranking: Ofsted's outcome first, then the newest inspection.

Best-rated day nurseries in Harrogate
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	Happy Jays HG3 2AA	Outstanding	19 May 2025	60
2	Penny Pot Pre-School and Under 5s Creche HG3 2SB	Outstanding	25 October 2023	65
3	Northern Performance Academy & Performatots HG1 4TA	Outstanding	7 February 2023	60
4	Acorns Playgroup Ltd HG1 3BA	Outstanding	2 February 2022	24
5	Partou Safehands Day Nursery & Pre-School HG1 2LH	Expected standard in 3 of 6	3 February 2026	70

Day nurseries in Harrogate, best rated first

All 24 day nurseries in Harrogate
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	Happy Jays HG3 2AA	Outstanding	19 May 2025	60
2	Penny Pot Pre-School and Under 5s Creche HG3 2SB	Outstanding	25 October 2023	65
3	Northern Performance Academy & Performatots HG1 4TA	Outstanding	7 February 2023	60
4	Acorns Playgroup Ltd HG1 3BA	Outstanding	2 February 2022	24
5	Partou Safehands Day Nursery & Pre-School HG1 2LH	Expected standard in 3 of 6	3 February 2026	70
6	Natures Little Learners Hornbeam Park HG2 8PB	Good	21 May 2025	85
7	Kindercare Day Nursery (Hgte) Ltd HG2 8QT	Good	19 March 2025	140
8	Children's Corner (Harrogate) Limited HG3 1UG	Good	31 July 2024	58
9	Smartie Land Ltd HG3 3DE	Good	24 May 2024	73
10	Kindercare HG2 9AB	Good	9 October 2023	86
11	Partou Little Dragons Day Nursery & Pre-School HG1 5LB	Good	5 September 2023	73
12	Partou Woodlands Harrogate Day Nursery & Pre-School HG2 7SH	Good	29 August 2023	54
13	Partou Tiny Teapots Day Nursery & Pre-School HG3 2XA	Good	25 July 2023	86
14	Acorns In Harrogate HG2 7DJ	Good	20 June 2023	50
15	Green Gables Montessori Nursery Ltd HG2 8QE	Good	25 May 2023	74
16	The School House Nursery HG3 1LH	Good	30 March 2023	15
17	Natures Little Learners HG2 7LJ	Good	15 March 2023	70
18	Kindercare (Hgte) Ltd HG2 8AT	Good	21 November 2022	44
19	Harcourt Day Nursery HG1 5NL	Good	31 August 2022	47
20	Kindercare (Hgte) Ltd HG1 2NE	Good	5 April 2022	60
21	Sunflowers Day Nursery HG3 5HL	Good	18 January 2022	50
22	Partou Playaway Day Nursery & Pre-School HG1 4AD	Needs attention in 4 of 6	11 November 2025	72
23	Little Explorers Day Nursery HG1 2RP	Not yet graded	Not yet	30
24	Magic Tree Day Nursery HG3 2JG	Not yet graded	Not yet	28

How the ranking works: our ranking policy. What the grades mean: Ofsted report cards explained.

Nurseries by postcode in Harrogate

Harrogate is in North Yorkshire.

Nursery fees in Harrogate

What day nurseries in Yorkshire and the Humber charge on average. Fees in Harrogate itself can sit above or below this.

Average weekly price in term time, Yorkshire and the Humber, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age	25 hours a week	50 hours a week
Under 2	£156no funded hours	£126after 30 funded hours
2 years old	£154no funded hours	£124after 30 funded hours
3 to 4 years old	£59after the free 15 hours	£118after 30 funded hours

Regional average, not any one nursery's price. Source: Coram Childcare Survey 2026. Work out your own monthly cost.

30 hours free childcare in Harrogate

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in Harrogate as anywhere in England. Every day nursery listed here is registered with Ofsted, which is what a nursery needs to offer them.

Check which hours your child can get

Who	Free hours a week
Working parents, child from 9 months	30 hours
Every 3 and 4 year old	15 hours
2 year olds in families getting some benefits	15 hours

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.