Cavendish Lodge Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 2.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Keighley for babies from 3 months up to school age, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 September 2024. Open since 2006, with 45 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
2-Year-Olds: 15 hours per week funded childcare for eligible families; 3-Year-Olds: 15 hours per week universal funding for all children; Extended Hours: 30 hours per week for eligible working families.
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
BD21 3ELWhat 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, 23 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and eager to start their learning. Practitioners provide a welcoming environment and know children well. Children search for their key person when they enter, showing excitement when they see them. Practitioners have high expectations for children's behaviour. They clearly explain and remind all children about the golden rules in the nursery. Practitioners role model how and when to use manners. They react swiftly when they see children who may need support to share. Practitioners praise children for being kind and helping their friends to tidy up. Children tell practitioners when their friends have followed a golden rule. They are aware of the expectations for their behaviours and try to follow them explicitly.
Practitioners provide opportunities for children to develop in all areas of the curriculum. Children are very eager to join in with activities. They investigate sensory materials, searching under leaves for small pumpkins. Children are curious and engaged in their play. They use sticks to tap pans. Practitioners teach them about the different sounds. Children swing noise tubes around copying the funny sounds, laughing as they do so. Practitioners teach them about the pitch, such as
'high' and 'low'. Children excitedly get their outdoor clothing on. They laugh and giggle as they run and jump in puddles. The curriculum is fun and challenging for children.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider how to support all staff, particularly those who are less confident, to follow children's lead.
- 23 September 2024Good
- 2 November 2018Good
- 13 February 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Cavendish Lodge Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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