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Kirklands at Startforth

Barnard Castle · DL12 9AQ

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On the Ofsted register
Ofsted Early Years Register
Provider URN2631907
Provider typeFull day care
Registered since25 March 2021
Registers heldEYR-CCR
Registered places24
Local authorityDurham
Source: Ofsted’s public “Childcare providers and inspections” management-information register (GOV.UK), as held by us. The register itself is the authoritative record.
Latest full inspection
Inspected26 April 2023
Overall effectiveness1
Safeguarding effectiveYes
This setting’s last full inspection was about 3 years ago — before the September 2025 EYFS framework and the November 2025 report-card inspections. Judgements are shown exactly as Ofsted published them.
Also on the register in Barnard Castle
Dawn Till Dusk Childcare
Full day care · 2 · inspected about 2 years ago
Green Lane Nursery and Childcare Centre
Full day care · 4 · inspected about a year ago
Little Meadows Nursery
Full day care · 2 · inspected within the last year
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