Handprints
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Keighley for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. £47.25 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2023. Open since 2014, with 59 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £47.25Holiday club full day £73.50Normal day £78.75long day | £9.50 £11.50Before school 7.30am - 9.00am, 1.5 hrs £14.75After school 3.30pm - 6.00pm, 2.5 hrs £28.75Holiday club half day, 5 hrs £42.00Half day, 5 hrs |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £50.00 Registration fee (all new starters) refundable depositrefundable
Discounts
- 5% sibling discountchildren in our 0-5 provision
- 10% discount for children attending full time
Funded hours
15 hours funded places for 2, 3 and 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. For funded sessions please contact the office for more details.
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
BD20 0JYWhat 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, 26 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and enjoy their time in this welcoming nursery. Babies quickly develop strong bonds with staff who are caring and nurturing. Their care needs are met effectively. Children who are new to the nursery settle quickly because staff find out about their care routines at home. Children happily play together, share, and take turns. In the main, they behave well. Staff recognise that some children had limited opportunities to socialise during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are vigilant and quickly address any unwanted behaviour. They explain to children why some behaviour is not acceptable and the impact their actions have on others. This is helping children to begin to manage their own behaviour. Staff use 'colour monsters' to help children talk about their emotions and how they are feeling when they come into the nursery.
Toddlers enjoy using brushes for painting and chalks to draw, which helps them to develop early writing skills. Staff introduce early mathematics into their play, such as counting. They use their fingers to help children count to 10 and to count backwards. Staff encourage communication with children. They sound out words and encourage younger children to repeat them. They encourage older children to talk about what they are doing and to share their ideas. Staff promote children's understanding of good health and hygiene. Children become independent in selfcare routines ready for the eventual move to school. Older children eat with a knife and fork and can fasten their coats ready for outdoor play. They help with daily tasks, such as tidying away their toys before lunch. The youngest children use cups with lids and learn to feed themselves with spoons.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen relationships with parents to promote a two-way flow of communication, and gather more information about children's starting points and interests so that planning is focused on children's individual needs from the outset n support staff to use children's home languages more in their everyday activities and help parents to understand how the use of home languages alongside
English can promote and enhance and children's language development.
- 26 April 2023Good
- 21 August 2017Good
- 16 June 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Handprints
- 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 £47.25 a day 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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