Session types
Breakfast club (8:00 - 8:45), Morning session (8:45 - 11:45), Lunch (11:45 - 12:30), Afternoon session (12:30 - 15:30), After-school care (15:30 - 18:00)
Alne Preschool Playgroup
Ofsted: Expected standard·Alne Primary School, Main Street, YORK, YO61 1RT · North Yorkshire
Number of places
24 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2026
Local authority
North Yorkshire
About this day nursery
Alne Preschool Playgroup, established in 2013, provides childcare for children aged 2 to 4 years old. Located at Alne Primary School in YORK, the setting operates Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, offering a consistent and nurturing environment.
The playgroup champions a child-led, play-based curriculum rooted in the Early Years Foundation Stage, fostering a love for learning and independence. Children are encouraged to explore their interests, engage in imaginative play, and develop strong communication and language skills, supported by practitioners who skilfully extend vocabulary and model conversation.
Outdoors, the children enjoy activities like riding scooters and building with crates, which helps them develop physical confidence and coordination. The setting prioritises inclusion, providing targeted strategies and visual aids for children with special educational needs or disabilities, ensuring they participate confidently alongside their peers.
The playgroup maintains an inclusive culture, regularly assessing individual needs and adapting support to promote participation and independence, working closely with families and external professionals when required. Leaders are also committed to continuously strengthening the children's understanding of mathematical concepts and refining how they identify and support each child's next steps in learning.
Our ethos
Alne Preschool Playgroup focuses on development and education through engaging play, fostering social understanding, cooperation, sharing, and mutual respect. Children are encouraged to become independent learners while having fun.
What it's like
Children feel safe, confident and valued in this calm and welcoming setting. They arrive happily, separate from their parents with ease and approach visitors with curiosity and assurance. Children talk confidently about their play and readily invite adults to join them, demonstrating secure attachments and trust in familiar staff. Clear routines and high expectations are embedded across the day. Children wash their hands independently, prepare their own snack and take responsibility for tidying resources.
Calm EnvironmentChild-Led LearningStrong CommunicationPhysical ConfidenceInclusive Practice
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Food
Children can bring a packed lunch or purchase a hot cooked meal from Alne Primary School.
Opening hours
Monday to Friday: 8:00 - 18:00
Age range
2 to 5 years
Established
2013
Ofsted Inspection — new report card
Expected standard
Last inspected Feb 2026
Grade summary
Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.
Category grades
AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
2 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Alne Preschool Playgroup
Last inspected 23 February 2026 · Claire Budge
What it's like to attend
Children feel safe, confident and valued in this calm and welcoming setting. They arrive happily, separate from their parents with ease and approach visitors with curiosity and assurance. Children talk confidently about their play and readily invite adults to join them, demonstrating secure attachments and trust in familiar staff. Clear routines and high expectations are embedded across the day. Children wash their hands independently, prepare their own snack and take responsibility for tidying resources.
Inspector highlights
- Leaders have established a consistently calm and respectful environment where expectations for behaviour are clearly understood and embedded across the setting.
- Children demonstrate excellent attitudes to learning and responsibility. They collaborate well, negotiate roles in play and resolve minor disagreements independently.
- Practitioners support children thoughtfully according to their age, stage and individual needs, using calm language to guide emotional regulation and perseverance.
- Leaders ensure that children's individual care needs are met effectively through warm, responsive relationships and secure routines.
- Children are supported to understand personal safety, health and wellbeing through consistent routines and meaningful discussion.
Areas to develop
- 1Leaders should continue to strengthen how mathematical knowledge and skills are intentionally developed and consistently built upon across the curriculum so that all children deepen their understanding over time.
- 2Leaders should continue to refine the precision of identified next steps for all children, including those who require additional support, so that the impact of teaching and support can be evaluated more consistently.
Inspection #10131625 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported through targeted strategies, visual prompts and consistent adult guidance, enabling them to access the curriculum alongside their peers. Leaders work with families and external professionals to provide appropriate support and reasonable adjustments, and support plans are in place where required.
Outdoor space
Outdoors, children build physical confidence as they ride scooters, balance and construct with crates, and engage in regular outdoor physical activity that promotes coordination and strength. Staff encourage children to take manageable risks and persist when tasks feel challenging, with attentive and purposeful supervision outdoors.
Inspection history
Date: October 2013
The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Good). We're re-checking it against the original report.
- June 2020Good
- December 2015Outstanding
- October 2013Requires improvement
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