The Grange Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Castleford 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 June 2024. Open since 2006, with 24 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 Leeds
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leeds 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
WF10 2HJWhat 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 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are generally very happy and settled. They enter excitedly and are eager to start playing and learning. Staff show warmth and affection towards the children, many of whom have been attending since they were babies. They offer a friendly and cheerful greeting and give reassuring cuddles and words where newer children are upset to help them to feel safe and secure.
Staff plan broad educational programmes that help all children to make good progress and prepare them for school, including funded children. They chat away to children as they play and explore, building on their early speech. For example, staff describe the crunchy texture of the dried cereal and slimy cooked spaghetti.
Older children remember words, such as 'cocoon', while talking about life cycles.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the settling-in process to support new children's transition to the nursery to the highest level n build on the systems for monitoring staff's practice, in order to strengthen staff's teaching strategies n extend the information that is shared with parents to help children to make even better progress.
- 18 June 2024Good
- 13 July 2018Good
- 21 February 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Grange Nursery
- 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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