Bush Babies Private Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Cleckheaton for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 1999, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Free Early Education and care for 2, 3 and 4 year olds; registered provider of Government funded places for all 3 year olds; Two year funding available for fifteen hours per week to all children over the age of two meeting the Government criteria; All 3 and 4 year old children are entitled to 15 hours of early education and care each week for 38 weeks a year; 30 hrs free child care for 3 and 4 yea.
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
BD19 3RPWhat 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, 17 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive at this inviting and welcoming nursery. They are warmly greeted as they arrive by the kind and attentive staff and leave their parents with ease.
Children develop close and secure attachments to the staff and show that they feel happy and safe. This is evident as children sit and cuddle with staff and share stories together.
Children are provided with a rich and varied curriculum that interests and excites them. Staff focus on what they know about children to create a rich variety of activities and experiences. They respect and encourage children's ideas and help them to explore these in their play. For example, children are inquisitive and show concentration as they investigate ice. Staff extend learning and challenge children to think of ways they could melt it. Children add warm water and watch the ice melt and turn to water. This supports children to make good progress in their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- embed a programme of professional development for staff to build on their already good teaching skills n promote children's growing independence skills further by encouraging and giving them more time to do more for themselves.
- 17 January 2024Good
- 16 March 2018Good
- 9 April 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bush Babies Private 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
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