Blossom Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bradford for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2023. Open since 2011, with 73 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Free funded childcare for 2, 3 and 4 year olds.
What childcare usually costs in Bradford
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bradford 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
BD1 3ETWhat 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, 20 September 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children look forward to attending this safe and loving nursery. Leaders and staff plan and provide a range of enriching experiences that extend children's knowledge and understanding of the world. For example, they arrange visits to places such as a tropical animal attraction, the beach and farms. This supports children to find out more about the natural world. Leaders arrange for visits from professionals such as doctors and dentists. This helps children to find out more about people who help them. Staff support children to learn more about their faith. They promote the celebration of religious festivals. Staff speak to children in their home languages, alongside English, and find out keywords that are important to them. This supports children to develop their sense of self.
Staff offer children lots of praise. Children are delighted when they receive a sticker for joining in and trying their best. Even the youngest children in the nursery quickly learn what is expected of them. For example, staff explain to children how to walk sensibly from one area of the nursery to another. They encourage children to help tidy away toys at tidy-up time. Consequently, children's behaviour across the nursery is good.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review settling-in routines for new children, taking into account staffing arrangements and background noise, to provide consistently high levels of support for all children n enhance partnerships with parents to ensure that all parents know who their child's key person is and improve the two-way flow of information regarding children's learning and development n strengthen communication with parents to ensure that appropriate items are provided in children's lunch boxes from home.
- 20 September 2023Good
- 7 March 2018Good
- 21 January 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Blossom Nursery
- What it costs
- Meals
- Nappies
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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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.
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