Outstanding
214 placesWF10 3RW07584468891
Yorkshire and The Humber
Childcare in Wakefield
306 registered providers with 4,632 places, up 13.7% since December 2021.
67day nurseries
190childminders
20after-school clubs
135newly registered since 2021
61.2%rated Good or better
165closed since 2021
Childminders are disappearing here. Numbers are down 13.2% since December 2021, against a national fall of about 24%.
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Settings across the council
The sixty largest and best-rated. Childminders are not named, because Ofsted withholds them.
Outstanding
150 placesWF10 4EW07584468891
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101 placesWF1 1DD01924201010
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88 placesWF8 4DA01977 703279
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75 placesWF1 2DJ01924 978840
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74 placesWF5 9AQ01924 277260
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74 placesWF1 3RZ01924 200120
Report card Nov 2025
70 placesWF2 8AA01924 330265
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58 placesWF7 6LS01977 600 945
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44 placesWF9 5BP07877486954
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42 placesWF10 3QJ01977 667656
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32 placesWF1 4RR01924361212
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26 placesWF8 1NB01977 706958
Good
166 placesWF1 4DG01924 543039
Good
112 placesWF1 2UN01924 375505
Good
104 placesWF9 2QQ01977 658505
Good
83 placesWF9 2UJ01977 658766
Report card Jun 2026
80 placesWF11 0BZ01977 679123
Good
78 placesWF9 4LQ01977 619000
Good
76 placesWF1 3RY01924 332111
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75 placesWF3 4HP01924 788061
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75 placesWF5 9QF01924 565757
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74 placesWF5 9AD01924 416128
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73 placesWF4 6JY01924 275690
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70 placesWF9 4QJ01924370770
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68 placesWF6 1AG01924 898271
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67 placesWF2 0AZ01924 314009
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63 placesWF3 3HU07539160315
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60 placesWF10 5HA
Good
60 placesWF5 0BN01924281806
Good
56 placesWF10 5JT07795108379
Report card Nov 2025
55 placesWF1 2LS01924 822899
Good
55 placesWF8 2DD01977 780333
Good
50 placesWF4 2BE01226 722152
Report card Mar 2026
50 placesWF2 0LW01924370770
Good
49 placesWF4 1LF07882152456
Good
49 placesWF1 5NU01924 330269
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44 placesWF2 7NP01924 242262
Good
44 placesWF8 1JL01977700120
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40 placesWF8 2HN01977704138
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40 placesWF9 5BP01924370770
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40 placesWF1 1DL01924 375060
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40 placesWF2 8ST01924609330
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39 placesWF9 2PU01977 642335
Good
38 placesWF9 4AZ01977612919
Good
37 placesWF4 5DW01924565141
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36 placesWF8 3RJ01977 780982
Report card Nov 2025
36 placesWF2 8RH01924 330268
Good
35 placesWF4 1HF01924 865 994
Good
32 placesWF2 0NL07854860134
Good
30 placesWF9 1AJ01977 525774
Good
30 placesWF10 5AB01977557500
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28 placesWF1 4LH07941 541 280
Good
27 placesWF2 0DP07914137083
Good
25 placesWF2 0AE01924 372108
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25 placesWF7 5JB01977 707 587
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24 placesWF1 2DT01924825688
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22 placesWF4 1NN01924 864940
Good
20 placesWF6 2DJ07773607359
Good
18 placesWF9 1JS01977 645693
No longer open
Settings that have closed
Worked out by comparing consecutive Ofsted releases; the closure falls in the six months before the date shown.
| Setting | Town | Places it had | Last rating | Gone by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Minds Matter | Pontefract | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Keats Site Services Limited | Pontefract | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Focus Alternative Provision | Castleford | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Thompson, Joy Isioma | Wakefield | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Kip McGrath Pontefract | Pontefract | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| CJ's Playcare (Ledger Lane) | Wakefield | 40 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Hillside Childcare - Queen Street | Normanton | 117 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Hillside Childcare - Wheatsheaf | Castleford | 93 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Hillside Childcare - Altofts | Altofts, Normanton | 40 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Stepping Stones | Wakefield | 38 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Altofts OOSC & Early Years Centre | Normanton | 24 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Kip McGrath Ossett | Ossett | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Children's Club | Wakefield | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Rhubarb & Custards | Ossett | 39 | Inadequate | Jun 2024 |
| United Adventure Camps - Ackworth School | Pontefract | 68 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| CJ's Playcare (Kirkhamgate) | Wakefield | 40 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Toybox | Wakefield | 101 | Outstanding | Jun 2023 |
| St Luke's Nursery | Pontefract | 65 | Good | Jun 2023 |
| Hillside Private Day Nursery | Castleford | 65 | Good | Jun 2023 |
| Kool Kids Daycare Ltd | Wakefield | 62 | Needs improvement | Jun 2023 |
| HMP New Hall Mother and Baby Unit | Wakefield | 10 | Good | Jun 2023 |
| The Old Quarry Adventure Playground | Knottingley | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| First Class Learning Wakefield West | Wakefield | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Bright Sparks Child Care | Castleford | 152 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Bright Sparks Child Care | Castleford | 135 | Outstanding | Dec 2022 |
| Brambly Hedge Private Day Nursery | Castleford | 132 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| The Red Roof Children's Day Nursery at Kinsley and Fitzwilliam Community Resource Centre | Pontefract | 55 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Cherry Tree Day Nursery | Wakefield | 52 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Rooks Nest Preschool and Daycare Centre | Wakefield | 40 | Outstanding | Dec 2022 |
| First Class Learning Wakefield North | Wakefield | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Welcome Nurseries@Stanley | Wakefield | 120 | Inadequate | Jun 2022 |
| Happy Days Nursery | Wakefield | 76 | Good | Jun 2022 |
| St John's Pre-School | Wakefield | 41 | Good | Jun 2022 |
| Little Rainbow Nursery | Pontefract | 32 | Good | Jun 2022 |
| Gawthorpe Alpha & Omega Clubs | Ossett | 16 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |
| First Class Learning Wakefield South | Wakefield | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |