Helen Howes Private Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bradford for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £69.00 a day for under 3's, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 1992, with 78 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 3'sbirth to 3y | £69.008am – 6pm | £47.00Half day 8am-1pm/1pm-6pm, 5 hrs | |
| Over 33y to 5y | £69.008am – 6pm | £47.00Half day 8am-1pm/1pm-6pm, 5 hrs |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £5.00 Early Start 7.30am
- £10.00 a month Forest Schoolpayable each month regardless of attendance if chosen as an option
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £2.20 a day Afternoon snack/under 2's baby teaVoluntary meal fee for funded hours, includes Afternoon snack/under 2's baby tea
- £6.50 a day Breakfast & 2 Course lunchVoluntary meal fee for funded hours, includes Breakfast & 2 Course lunch
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours of government-funded childcare for eligible families, for children aged 9 months (the term in which they turn), 2, 3, and 4 years.
Worth knowing. Funded hours available for 38 weeks of the year (term time). Additional hours charged at standard daily rate and spread across 12 months. Voluntary meal fee for funded hours: Breakfast & 2 Course lunch £6.50, Afternoon snack/under 2's baby tea £2.20. Voluntary consumable fee per session £2.50. Consumables are for term time but spread across the year so payable each month all year.
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
BD11 2AQWhat 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.
- 25 September 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 9 November 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 9 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and excited to learn at this caring and nurturing, family run nursery. Leaders and managers plan an environment to encourage children to be inquisitive learners. Babies enjoy exploring sounds as they shake the musical instruments. Staff encourage older babies to learn about cause and effect as they kick a balloon. Older children concentrate as they pour water from one container to another. Children are involved in their play and make good progress. They display a positive attitude to their learning.
Staff build positive relationships with children and families. They gather information from parents before babies start. This means staff can get to know babies quickly and help them settle when they first start. Babies use the familiar adult as a source of comfort. Children enjoy talking and playing with staff. They ask for help when needed. Children feel safe and secure. Staff have high expectations of children's behaviour. They teach children the rules of the nursery. Children's behaviour is good.
Children have regular opportunities to develop their independence skills. Staff encourage children to feed themselves from an early age. Older children learn to put their own coats on. They take their shoes off and look for their slippers in their tray. They begin to pour their own drinks at breakfast and snack times. Children develop the skills they need when they move to school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider the effect background noise has on children's developing listening skills n support staff to consistently enable children to do things for themselves, to promote children's personal development to a higher level n strengthen the information already shared with parents to ensure all parents know and understand children's next steps and how they can support learning at home.
- 9 January 2024Good
- 15 August 2018Outstanding
- 27 February 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Helen Howes Private Day Nursery
- 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 £69.00 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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