ABC Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Huddersfield for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2002, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours universal (age 3–4); Up to 30 hours extended (eligible working families); 2-year-old funding (eligibility-dependent; expanded from 2024).
Worth knowing. Zero-cost funded sessions are available; where shown, food/enhancements/activities are optional (you’re welcome to send a packed lunch/tea*).
What childcare usually costs in Kirklees
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Kirklees from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
HD4 6JHWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 21 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are warmly welcomed into the setting by friendly and engaging staff. Staff give children extra reassurance, when needed, to help them to settle. Children join in with the exciting range of activities on offer, indoors and outdoors. The enthusiastic staff work well together to plan the curriculum. For example, they develop children's awareness of climate change by teaching them the benefits of recycling and reducing the use of plastics. This helps children to acquire essential knowledge for their future lives.
Children have strong bonds with their key persons. They benefit from staff who are attuned to their needs and act as positive role models. This helps children to understand the high expectations for their behaviour. Children are kind and considerate of others and form good friendships with their peers. Older children enjoy playing a matching game and happily take turns to roll the dice. They congratulate each other when they match the colours and shapes. Babies and young children develop a sense of identity and belonging. Staff use mirrors with children. They use words to describe children's expressions, such as 'happy' and
'sad'. Children laugh and point to their noses and eyes as they look in the mirrors.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- extend the partnerships with parents further to help all parents understand how to support their child's individual learning at home n focus opportunities for staff's professional development more sharply on providing staff with clear targets that will enable them to provide the highest level of education to children.
- 21 February 2023Good
- 13 April 2017Good
- 10 April 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for ABC Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.