Chestnut Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Huddersfield for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2018, with 94 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
HD2 1HJWhat 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.
- 12 August 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 1 December 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 15 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children happily enter the vibrant and richly resourced nursery. Staff greet children with enthusiasm, love and affection, which helps children to feel safe and secure.
Children settle quickly after placing their photograph on a coat peg, and are eager to start playing. Babies and toddlers babble and smile at staff's nurturing interactions. Staff give them the confidence to explore tactile activities and practise their developing mobility using physical equipment. Staff celebrate everyone's uniqueness. This helps the culturally diverse families and staff team to feel respected, valued and included.
Overall, staff plan very effective educational programmes that meet children's often complex needs and help children to make good progress. This includes children who enter below developmental expectations, those in receipt of additional funding and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. For example, staff put in place intense interventions and work in excellent partnership with other professionals.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - focus teaching and the curriculum more precisely on younger children's individual care and learning needs, to fully engage them and help them to make the best possible progress n extend the strategies for sharing information with parents and carers about children's learning and how they can support children further at home.
- 15 May 2024Good
- 11 July 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Chestnut Nursery
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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