Welcome to Green Hedges Day Nursery and Preschool, Scarborough

A warm welcome awaits you in our friendly, child centered day nursery and pre-school. We provide a happy atmosphere where children feel safe and secure. Children are encouraged to reach their full potential and become confident learners through praise, sensitivity and mutual respect. Your child really is at the heart of all we do.

Green Hedges day nursery and pre-school has been providing high quality care and education for children from birth to five years in Scarborough since 2000. Our day nursery and pre-school is open for 51 weeks of the year.

Set in a large Victorian semi detached building set in a sunny position on South Cliff. Our base rooms are designed to promote curiosity with provocations to stimulate learning. Outdoor facilities include covered play areas, log cabins, mud kitchen and a tree to climb! We are in close proximity to local amenities such as the beach, library, art gallery and museums. Not to mention the senenic Esplanade with walks to the Shuttleworth Gardens (fairy gardens) always popular.

Opening Times

Our opening times are:  Monday to Friday 7.45 a.m. to 6.00pm. We are closed for all bank holidays and 1 week at Christmas.

We warmly welcome new families to visit nursery who are looking for quality childcare for their child. Please feel free to give us a call on 01723 503306 or email and we'll book you in the diary. Show rounds are normally undertaken by Carol Morley, our Manager, or Sarah Nolan, our Deputy Manager.

We offer outstanding 5 star care and education for your child

We are registered with North Yorkshire County Council to deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and also registered with OFSTED.

We were awarded a score of 5 for our Food Hygiene facilities by Environment Health Department.

The nursery is registered for 51 children per session up to five years old, over two floors, providing a high standard of childcare.

Our pre- school rooms are bright and cheerful and we encourage children to explore the range of activities on offer to provoke discussions and provide time for self directed play. Activities such as sand, water, painting , baking, constructing, sticking and model making are on offer daily. The tactile experiences of dough, gloop and clay offer sensory play and we love to get messy. Very messy!

We encourage children to interact with other children and adults to promote rich language opportunities to develop speaking and listening skills that are essential their well being.

All children are able to participate in a wide range of activities designed to meet their milestones and next steps on their early years learning journey.

Our highly qualified and experienced staff are dedicated to the continued development of the babies and children in their care.

The play experiences in our nursery are carefully planned and based around your child’s development needs with time and patience to practice all those new skills.