Little Wellies Day Nursery
Good★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Bradford for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2022. Open since 2014, with 53 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
BD2 1NHWhat 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, 6 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at this fun and caring nursery eager for the day ahead. They enter their play spaces confidently and choose what they would like to play with from the thoughtfully designed environment. Rooms reflect the children's current interests, and staff plan activities to build on what children already know and can do. For example, staff are currently working on developing the children's physical health.
Children enjoy creating large-scale floor paintings. They stretch and reach their arms to make colourful marks on paper. Managers have invited football coaches and dental professionals into the nursery to help children become more active and to promote dental health.
Kind and caring staff form strong bonds with their key children. These warm relationships ensure children feel safe and secure throughout the nursery. The settling-in process supports these relationships and establishes good partnerships with parents. For example, babies enjoy warm, nurturing interactions with key staff. Staff sing gentle lullabies to them and support babies to explore foam bubbles in a tub. Staff have high expectations of the children. Children behave well and show kindness to their friends. For example, two-year-olds enjoy sharing the toys in the mud kitchen. They giggle and smile at one another as they search for spiders and worms.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure that inconsistencies in teaching are identified by managers swiftly to improve the quality of education to an even higher level.
- 6 October 2022Good
- 7 October 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Wellies Day Nursery
- 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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