Childcare@Buttershaw Christian Family Centre
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bradford for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2022. Open since 2004, with 75 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 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
BD6 3PZWhat 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, 8 December 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children confidently enter the nursery and benefit from a whole community approach to their care and learning. They play happily in a safe and accessible environment that supports their independence. Children receive a warm and friendly greeting from staff, who they have formed strong attachments to. This helps them to feel secure. Staff support and cheerily distract new children who are a little upset when they arrive, which means they soon settle.
Children, including those in receipt of additional funding or who have additional needs, make very good progress from their starting points in development on entry. They take part in a wealth of experiences that give them a great start in life and a positive approach to learning, in readiness for going to school. Children behave extremely well and understand expectations. For example, they promptly respond when they hear a drum to indicate tidy-up time.
Children are familiar with the nursery's routines. For example, two-year-old children help to find their labelled peg to hang up their coats. Older children find their name cards to self-register. They use the hand gel, sited at the 'hygiene station', before helping themselves to a bowl of cereal. Babies and toddlers smile and babble away at nurturing staff, who spontaneously sing songs, shake home-crafted instruments and read simple stories. This builds on their early communication skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen teaching for two-year-old children, so that all staff are fully aware of how to support their individual learning needs, to fully engage them and help them to make the best possible progress n develop the ways in which the nursery represents the children who attend, in order to help them to feel valued and included to the highest level through opportunities to observe and celebrate their own uniqueness.
- 8 December 2022Good
- 6 January 2017Good
- 29 July 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Childcare@Buttershaw Christian Family Centre
- 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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