Hunsworth Community Playgroup
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Cleckheaton for children from birth to 5, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 1993, with 26 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
BD19 4DZWhat 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, 30 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are very happy when they attend the setting. They form good attachments with their key person. Children look for their key person to play and seek them out for comfort. They look to them for praise when they have achieved a task.
Practitioners are passionate, caring and nurturing. They validate children's feelings when they are upset and show them affection. Children are content and ready to learn. They happily take part in circle time. Children excitedly sing the good morning song from memory. They confidently recall 'Busy Bees' values and talk about kind hands and kind feet. Children are learning how to behave.
The provider has high expectations for children's learning and development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure that opportunities for the training and professional development of individual practitioners are more tightly focused on developing their skills, knowledge and understanding of how children learn and improving outcomes for children even further.
- 30 September 2024Good
- 8 November 2018Good
- 18 December 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hunsworth Community Playgroup
- 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.