Safe 'n' Sound Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Pontefract for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2023. Open since 2003, with 58 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hour free childcare options; 30 hour free childcare options.
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
WF7 6LSWhat 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 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy attending this highly inclusive and nurturing setting.
They thrive in the enabling environments which staff have created. All children benefit from accessing an abundance of activities that help them to make exceptional progress. For instance, staff expertly use every opportunity to develop children's fine and gross motor development. Children participate in 'funky fingers'
challenges, such as using pegs to clip paper together and 'stomp and hop' as they follow instructions on a large screen. Staff reflect daily on their teaching and are highly effective in continually building on what children know and can do.
- 30 November 2023Outstanding
- 15 January 2018Good
- 25 April 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Safe 'n' Sound Nursery
- What it costs
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
- 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.