Opening hours
Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday : 07:30 - 06:00
Kids Planet High Bank
Ofsted: Strong standard·
4.0(4 parent reviews)
·High Bank Farm, Cleasby Road, Darlington, DL2 2QE · North Yorkshire
Number of places
140 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2026
Local authority
North Yorkshire
About this day nursery
Kids Planet High Bank is a highly nurturing and inclusive nursery in Darlington, providing exceptional care for children aged 0-4 years. Registered with Ofsted on October 2, 2023, the nursery operates year-round, Monday to Friday, from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM.
The dedicated staff, inspired by passionate leaders, ensure children thrive through a wide variety of stimulating experiences. The carefully sequenced curriculum, based on a secure understanding of child development, ensures excellent progress across all areas, preparing children well for school.
The stimulating indoor and extensive outdoor environments foster curiosity and provide opportunities for children to develop physical skills and manage risk safely.
What it's like
Children thrive in this highly nurturing and inclusive nursery. Passionate leaders inspire the dedicated staff team to provide excellent opportunities to support all children's learning and development. The nursery environment, both indoors and in the extensive outdoor areas, is set up to stimulate children's curiosity.
Nurturing environmentInclusive practiceExcellent progressStimulating environmentsSkilled teaching
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All_year
Established
2023
Ofsted Inspection — new report card
Strong standard
Last inspected Jan 2026
Grade summary
Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
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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
AchievementStrong standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Kids Planet High Bank
Last inspected 14 January 2026 · Jan Batchelor Jane Mumby
What it's like to attend
Children thrive in this highly nurturing and inclusive nursery. Passionate leaders inspire the dedicated staff team to provide excellent opportunities to support all children's learning and development. The nursery environment, both indoors and in the extensive outdoor areas, is set up to stimulate children's curiosity.
Inspector highlights
- Children's progress across all areas of the curriculum is excellent.
- Leaders have created a harmonious environment, where children feel safe and secure.
- Leaders prioritise children's welfare and wellbeing.
- Highly effective teaching is a real strength of the nursery.
- Highly effective leadership embeds inclusivity across the setting.
- The safeguarding standards are met.
- Children become confident communicators through a carefully sequenced approach.
- The atmosphere within the nursery is one of purpose and warmth.
Areas to develop
- 1Leaders and those responsible for governance should sustain their work to ensure continued improvement and high standards. They should focus on creating a transformational impact on the outcomes and experiences of disadvantaged children, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and those who may face other barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing.
Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children who face any barriers to learning make clear and sustained progress from their starting points. Parents of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities recognise their children's achievement and value the way they are encouraged to promote their children's learning further at home. When children have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), staff use individual plans to guide their support and proactively review these regularly to reflect all children's emerging needs.
Outdoor space
The nursery environment, both indoors and in the extensive outdoor areas, is set up to stimulate children's curiosity. Older children exceed physical development outcomes through skilled and focused teaching of specific skills. They learn to manage risk safely, for example, by adapting their pace as they move around trees or muddy ground.
Parent Reviews of Kids Planet High Bank
4.0
(4)
Lee Stephenson
4 years ago
Next level snobbery because myself and my partner dare to work shifts! The receptionist advised she would get a manager to call “to try and sort something” - no call. My partner rang another 3 times and was told a manager would call her. On the 3rd time the manager did call… to say they couldn’t possibly offer flexible childcare, said in such a way as if that’s not a normal offering from a nursery?! And again just generally snobby - waste of time! Oh and before all this we asked to have a look around the nursery and they advised they needed notice to do so, every other nursery in Darlington needed a few hours or few days notice - this one? They never did get back to us
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Zara Watkinson
5 years ago
Trevor Norman
5 years ago
Jonathan Sturgeon
3 years ago
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Inspection history
Most recent inspection
14 January 2026
Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.
View full Ofsted reportFrequently asked about Kids Planet High Bank
About the setting
Kids Planet High Bank was registered with Ofsted on 02/10/2023. It is a childcare on non-domestic premises based at High Bank Farm, Cleasby Road, Stapleton, Darlington, DL2 2QE. The nursery operates Monday to Friday from 07:30 to 18:00 and is registered to accept children from 0 to 4 years old. The registered person is Kids Planet Day Nurseries Limited.
- URN
- 2748079
- Registered person
- Kids Planet Day Nurseries Limited
- Day care type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- Register
- Early Years Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
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