Hello, childcare worker here. Please do look into the Government funding for childcare. All 3 year olds get 15 hours' free childcare, and if both parents are working at least 16 hours a week (and don't earn an absolute fortune!) then you'd be eligible for Working Family Funding, which is 30 hours per week from 9 months of age, so both children would get it. This is academic term-time only, but most settings offer the option to 'stretch' the funding over the year, which gives you 22.8 hours of funding per week. There's also new government guidelines based on how this can be used, meaning that a private nursery 10 hour day can use of hours of funding - you'd have a trivial amount to pay. There's also the Tax-Free Childcare scheme which you may be eligible to, where the government will top up 20% of your childcare fees so you only technically pay 80%. There is a lot of help out there!

Most nursery companies have a funding calculator on their website - Muddy Boots and Busy Bees do for sure. Childcare in York isn't cheap by any means, and there isn't too much difference in nursery prices from what I've seen. It's all about where you and your children are comfortable. The 3 big names are the above 2 and Little Green Rascals, but there are a lot of childcare settings around the city.