Partou Woodlands Park Day Nursery & Forest School
Good★ 4.8 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 August 2024. Open since 2018, with 92 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
BD10 9SGWhat 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.
- 5 June 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 20 November 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 9 October 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 29 August 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff in the setting work hard to get to know and understand the children in their care. They develop good relationships with parents to obtain relevant information about children when they first start at the nursery. Staff observe children while they play and monitor and track their progress. They use this information, together with information provided by parents, to plan activities based on children's interests and their next steps for development. There is a positive culture for supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
Children engage in conversations with staff about a range of topics and demonstrate good communication and language skills. For example, children are keen to explain their weekend plans and experiences. Staff respond to these comments and ask further questions to develop children's conversational skills.
Staff offer praise and recognition for children's successes and invite children to celebrate these. For example, children are encouraged to show others their play dough spiders. Children go into the outdoor area in search of real spiders, which helps to embed what they have learned about them.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to implement and embed a robust curriculum consistently across the setting to ensure that all children are engaged and challenged to achieve their learning outcomes n ensure staff deployment is more effective to support children's understanding of daily routines and expectations of the setting.
- 29 August 2024Good
- 27 November 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Partou Woodlands Park Day Nursery & Forest School
- 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.
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