Sherwood Green Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 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 take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2017, with 52 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours and 30 hours of funded early education for eligible children.
Worth knowing. Optional consumables and meal provision. Families may alternatively provide a healthy packed lunch.
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 3DXWhat 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, 14 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy their time in this welcoming nursery and make strong progress from their starting points. They demonstrate they feel safe and secure.
Carefully planned transitions mean children settle quickly and form close bonds with caring and nurturing staff. They soon develop strong relationships with their peers. They learn to play cooperatively, share, take turns and negotiate. Staff have high expectations of all children and help them to understand what is expected of them. Behaviour is good. Staff support children to regulate their emotions and are calm and patient in managing unwanted behaviour.
Children are keen to learn and experience a broad range of stimulating activities across the seven areas of learning. For example, toddlers enjoy using fruit and vegetables with paint to make prints on paper. They make connections to a story that teaches them about growth, change, and nutrition. There is a strong emphasis on good health, including oral health. Children learn the importance of brushing their teeth during their play. Packs provided by the nursery mean they can continue this at home.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- adjust the arrangements for carrying out children's care routines, such as nappy changing, so that these do not interrupt children who are highly focused in their play and learning n strengthen staff's understanding of how to extend children's knowledge of mathematical concepts, such as time and measure.
- 14 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 5 February 2019Good
- 19 October 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sherwood Green 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.
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