New Life Pre-School Daycare Centre
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Wakefield for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2024. Open since 1983, with 40 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 Wakefield
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Wakefield 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
WF1 1DLWhat 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, 18 December 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Leaders create a bespoke curriculum designed with the Christian ethos weaved throughout. They have created an environment that helps children to feel at home as they learn. Children ask for a cuddle with staff, who create strong bonds with children. Babies snuggle into staff when they feel unsure of visitors. Children confidently explore their environment, showing they feel safe and secure.
Staff engage with children well and support babies to be independent. They encourage babies to climb the stairs of a slide and manoeuvre their bodies to come down the slide. Older children create loose-part pictures in frames as staff encourage the use of new language. Staff ask children if they want their pictures
'portrait' or 'landscape', while showing the layout to them. This helps children to learn new words and understand how to position their frame.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the evaluation process to include parental views more consistently, to inform and support further improvements in the nursery.
- 18 December 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 7 March 2019Good
- 30 March 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for New Life Pre-School Daycare Centre
- 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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