Daisy Chain Nursery Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bradford for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £7.16 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 1997, with 54 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Additional hour - £7.16
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours per week of funded childcare, for children aged 9 months to 4 years, through Bradford Council.
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
BD9 6BGWhat 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, 22 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children in this setting are happy, confident and well cared for. Young children start the day singing. They choose a picture and recall a familiar song. Staff give children clues and time to respond saying, 'Shall we think?' and affectionately interpret and repeat children's emerging language. They sing playfully and children join in with the actions, songs and repetition. Staff sensitively recognise when children are ready to move on to a new activity.
Older children begin the day together on the mat. They take it in turns to recognise their names and place them on the number board. Staff adapt activities to meet the needs of individual children. Children develop a love of books and reading and learn new vocabulary. Staff read familiar stories and involve children with questions.
Children explore texture, colour mixing and mark making. Staff ask children to describe the colours and textures and extend their vocabularies with new words, such as 'gloopy'. Children are eager to join in. Staff are attentive and remember who is next. This helps children to feel valued. Children enjoy physical exercise each day playing outside. Each week a football coach visits and leads a sports session with pre-school children. This helps to further develop their physical skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - focus on developing the skills that children need, such as speaking and listening, before teaching them writing n model the correct words and pronunciation when speaking to children so that they learn how to speak accurately n support children to know what is expected of them, such as by ensuring that all praise is targeted and clear n continue offer even more opportunities for children to develop their independence.
- 22 March 2023Good
- 30 August 2017Good
- 23 May 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Daisy Chain Nursery Ltd
- 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.
- Is £7.16 an hour still the rate? 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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