Berry Brow Pre-School Playgroup
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Huddersfield for children from birth to 8+, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 1993, with 24 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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 7LPWhat 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, 27 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Berry Brow Pre-School Playgroup is filled with energy. All children are engaged in various activities in the room. Staff encourage children to develop their speech and language skills. They role model new words, sing songs and read stories. Children are supported in learning by using their interests. For example, staff introduce dinosaurs to splashing in the water with the staff using new words, such as 'filling, emptying' and 'pouring'.
There is a consistent approach to supporting children from all the staff as they remind children about 'good sharing'. Children say 'thank you' and 'you're welcome', after being able to show their counting skills, such as counting how many children are at playgroup. Children clap when they have finished counting, showing how proud they are of their achievements.
Staff provide a variety of different experiences for children. For example, they have the opportunity to cut up real vegetables in the home corner, and use a soup maker to blend the vegetables. Children enjoy outdoor play. They love being able to climb to the top of the slide and use the telescope to look at the real castle on the hill. They enjoying mixing in the mud kitchen, talking to staff about what is inside the bowl.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider innovative ways to ensure all children have the same access to the outdoors in all weathers n tailor training opportunities to enhance staff's knowledge and skills.
- 27 November 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 8 March 2019Good
- 27 September 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Berry Brow Pre-School Playgroup
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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