Merrydale Private Day Nursery
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A day nursery in Huddersfield for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £70.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 2022, with 46 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Full day care 7.30am-6pm £70
One published rate, dated September 2026. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
We offer free funded places for all eligible families.
Worth knowing. Funding is given for children to access standard preschool provisions only. As a nursery, we must use it in order to adequately deliver the EYFS curriculum.
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
HD7 5DLWhat 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 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the nursery happy and smiling. They are eager to see their friends. Staff build strong relationships with children. They engage in back-andforth conversations with children, who enjoy staff's company. Staff have high expectations of children's behaviour. They explain their expectations clearly to children. Children follow staff's instructions and their behaviour is good. They are respectful of each other. Children feel safe and secure. Staff promote children's self-help skills. Children serve their own breakfast cereals and pour their milk. They put the empty bowls to be washed when they finish. Staff encourage children to put their coats on and do up their zips. Children have good independence skills.
Staff provide activities to support children's curiosity and exploration. For example, children explore trays containing autumnal resources and pumpkins. Babies paint with apples and staff add scents to play dough. Babies explore these resources with interest. Toddlers use magnifying glasses to search for conkers in a tub of water. Children enjoy playing and exploring. Staff are skilled in questioning children to help them to solve problems. They ask children to think of solutions to problems.
For example, as the water runs off the table, staff encourage children to work out how to catch it. Children find a container to catch the water as it drips off the table.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- target more specific coaching and training for staff to help to raise the quality of education to an even higher level.
- 26 October 2023Good
- 15 June 2023Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Merrydale Private Day Nursery
- 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 £70.00 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.
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