We offer ‘30 hours childcare for working parents’ in partnership with other childcare in our area.

We are a private day nursery based within Bishop Auckland Children's Centre.

We welcome all children from birth to 5 years old and are open all year round from 8.00am to 6.00pm. We also offer term-time only places and half or full days.

Our small team is highly qualified, with three early years teachers and the rest of the team being qualified to Level 3 or higher.

Judged as outstanding by Ofsted, we pride ourselves on ensuring that every child in our care is understood and supported well. We work hard to get to know them, their preferences, their abilities and what they love. We use this information to provide a safe, enaging and challenging environment that keeps them interested and motivated to learn and enjoy their time with us.

We are very strong at preparing children for school, supporting their positive attitude to having a go and helping them to develop the skills they need.

We enjoy spending time with the children and giving them what they need, be it a cuddle of reassurance or encouraging words as they explore something new. We support and nurture relationships between the children, helping them to make friendships, become part of our family and to learn about others.

Our light and airy building was purpose-built and gives us lots of space to explore both indoors and outdoors. Our large garden provides children with lots of wonderful experiences outdoors, lots of space to run and natural curiosities to learn about.

Kate, our Nursery Director has a Masters degree in Education and is currently studying towards a Doctorate in Early Childhood Studies. Her research is focused on how children communicate with each other in social situations and how this changes as they develop new skills.

We are happy to offer all of the funding options as follows; two year-old funding (for low income and non-working families), 15 hours of early education (for all 3 and 4 year-olds); and 30 hours funding for 3 and 4 year-olds (for working parents, starting in Sept 17).

Healthy, freshly cooked meals are provided by our nursery cook and include all of the nutroents and food-types that our children need (and excluding all those they don't need). We are able to meet individual diets - whether they are health, cultural or personal preferences.

We also offer limited places to older children (up to 8 years old) for before and after school care and holiday care (with fun activities to keep them all busy).

Please feel free to visit the setting to take a look around and see whether we are the nursery for you and your child.

To find out more about help with childcare costs please visit www.durham.gov.uk/childcarecosts