Welcome to City of York Council’s Parent and Provider Portal

Parents and Carers can use this portal to:

• Apply for free school meals
• Apply for a school place
• Search for Ofsted registered childcare and services

To apply for school transport visit https://www.york.gov.uk/TransportToSchoolOrCollege 

Providers can use this portal to:

• Update their information
• Submit funding claims

Ofsted Childcare and Family Service Directory


Search for Ofsted registered childcare and local and national services providing information, advice and support to families, children and young people using the search below.

For further information about childcare including the different types of childcare, things to look out for when choosing childcare, FREE brokerage service and more visit www.yor-ok.org.uk/childcare 

If you are looking for childcare outside of the City of York Council you can use the Family and Childcare Trust Childcare Finder. This website links together all of the Family Information Services in England and Wales to make it quick and easy to find childcare wherever you live.

Neighbouring Family Information Service's to York are:

North Yorkshire County Council

East Riding

Leeds City Council

If you can't find what you are looking for, or have any questions contact York Family Information Service on 01904 554444, fis@york.gov.uk or the Young People's Survival Guide on 01904 555400, YPSG@york.gov.uk

Visit the Yor-OK website for information aimed at families, children, young people and practitioners www.yor-ok.org.uk 

Christmas 2022 (Opens in New Window)
Lots of fun family friendly things to do in York over the festive season.
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Holiday Activities and Food (Opens in New Window)

FREE activities and food during school holidays for eligible families.
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Add your Activity, Group or Service to the directory (Opens in New Window)
Add your activity, group or service aimed at children, young people and families for FREE!
Update your Childcare, activity, group or service information (Opens in New Window)
Log in to the Provider Portal to update your childcare, activity, group or service information
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Search for activity, group or service by name
Search the York Family Service Directory by provider name.
Activities and Things to Do

Things to do in York for children, families and young people (including inclusive activities)

Armed Forces
Services and support for armed forces families
Baby and Toddler Groups
Low cost, under 5 parent/carer toddler groups
Childcare Search
Ofsted registered childcare in York
Children's Centres
What is happening at York Children's Centres
Disabilites and Additional Needs
Local and national support services for children, young people and their parents/carers.
Education, Employment and Training

Advice and support services

Emotional Health and Wellbeing
Support services, peer groups, helplines and more
Family Health
Health support and drop-ins in York
General Advice and Support
Search by category for advice and support
Ofsted Website (Opens in New Window)
Search for Ofsted childcare reports
Refugees
Advice and support for refugee families
Family and Parenting
Information and support for York families
Shine (Opens in New Window)
School holidays and free time events and activities for 0 - 25 year olds.
Travellers
Advice and support for Traveller families
Young People
Services and support for 16-25 year olds
 
 

Choosing a service—what you need to know

It is very important that you carefully consider which services you would like to use and which would be suitable for you. When you decide to contact a service take some time to find out about them to make sure they are safe to use. To help you choose services safely we have made this short guide. Please also read the York Family Information Service disclaimer.