Sunnydays Preschool
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Huddersfield for children from birth to 5, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2001, with 52 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 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
HD2 1SLWhat 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, 22 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enter the pre-school confident, eager and ready to learn. They quickly settle into the familiar routines and show high levels of independence. The curriculum is well planned and sequenced with key skills of focus brought into learning experiences. Interactions between staff and children are supportive and children are encouraged to try routine tasks themselves first before staff provide assistance. For example, staff encourage children to attempt to fasten and zip up their coats. This helps children to become increasingly more independent and resilient, and encourages them to persevere to overcome difficulties. This all helps with transitions to school and supports children in acquiring the required skills.
Weekly planned sessions help children to gain the different skills needed to ride a bike. They start with balance bikes and learn how to stop safely and to skilfully manoeuvre around obstacles. Children listen and follow instructions as they collect different coloured rings and place them at different locations, while having to concentrate on their balance. This sequencing in learning helps them to quickly develop the skills they need to use pedal bikes.
Staff deployment is effective to ensure children are safe and can operate independently within the setting. Staff are calm and caring when managing children's behaviour. They follow any agreed strategies as recommended by professionals in children's individual plans.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - monitor and evaluate the quality of experiences of quieter children within the setting, so that staff consistently encourage their active participation in all of the activities on offer n review how registration group activities are structured and delivered for younger children, to ensure that staff fully take account of what they want children to learn so that it is pitched at the right level.
- 22 February 2023Good
- 3 October 2022Inadequate
- 13 December 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sunnydays Preschool
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.