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Nurseries in Halifax

There are 48 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Halifax, and 7 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Halifax

  • Ofsted report cards: 7 settings (22 Strong standard, 20 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 33 settings (8 Outstanding, 25 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • All Saints Pre-School - Pre-school, Halifax HX3 9ET, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 25 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Ashbourne Day Nursery at Greetland - Day nursery, Halifax HX4 8DB, ages 0 to 4, 63 places
    Ofsted report card, 7 May 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Ash Green Nursery - Day nursery, Halifax HX2 8RX, ages 0 to 3, 15 places
    Ofsted, 15 December 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bear's House - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 6PE, ages 0 to 6, 38 places
    Ofsted, 21 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cherry Tree Day Nursery LTD - Day nursery, Halifax HX1 2XR, ages 1 to 4, 39 places
    Ofsted, 17 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Children's Corner Preschool - Pre-school, Halifax HX1 4HE, ages 2 to 4, 16 places
    Ofsted, 16 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Children's Place Halifax - Day nursery, Halifax HX1 2YE, ages 1 to 4, 59 places
    Ofsted, 13 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Creations Nursery - Day nursery, Halifax HX2 0QD, ages 0 to 4, 33 places
    Ofsted, 3 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Early Years @ Lightcliffe - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 8NU, 62 places
  • Fairfield - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 7RH, ages 0 to 4, 62 places
    Ofsted, 16 May 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Farthing Wood Private Day Nursery - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 0TE, ages 1 to 10, 52 places
    Ofsted, 16 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Gingerbread House Ltd - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 9SN, ages 0 to 4, 34 places
    Ofsted, 27 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Greenglade Day Nursery and Forest School - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 8HX, ages 0 to 8, 100 places
    Ofsted, 27 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Growing Minds Day Nursery - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 7HT, ages 0 to 4, 75 places
    Ofsted, 24 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Halifax Central, Kumon Centre - Pre-school, Halifax HX1 3LN
  • Hebble Harlequins @ Shaw Lodge - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 9ET, ages 2 to 11, 32 places
    Ofsted, 5 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hopscotch Corner - Day nursery, Halifax HX4 8JG, ages 2 to 11, 25 places
    Ofsted, 23 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Innovations Nursery - Day nursery, Halifax HX2 8DQ, ages 1 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted, 19 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Jubilee Nursery - Day nursery, Halifax HX1 5NB, ages 2 to 4, 52 places
    Ofsted report card, 17 June 2026: Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 2 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Kevin Pearce Nursery - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 5RQ, ages 0 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 6 September 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kids Planet Halifax - Day nursery, Halifax HX1 2EN, ages 1 to 4, 115 places
    Ofsted, 26 March 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kings Camps - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 8JE
  • Little Foot Day Nursery - Day nursery, Halifax HX2 6NW, ages 1 to 10, 71 places
    Ofsted, 23 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Gleddings - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 0JB, ages 0 to 3, 56 places
    Ofsted report card, 11 June 2026: Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 2 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Mandy Janes Ltd - Day nursery, Halifax HX2 8DB
  • Minibugs Ovenden - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 5SA, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted report card, 5 June 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • M & S Nurseries - Day nursery, Halifax HX1 2TE, ages 0 to 4, 100 places
    Ofsted, 19 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Polly's Private Day Nursery - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 5AX, ages 0 to 4, 100 places
    Ofsted, 10 June 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Pye Nest Nursery - Day nursery, Halifax HX2 7DG, ages 0 to 4, 64 places
    Ofsted, 5 November 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Salterlee Under Fives Playgroup - Pre-school, Halifax HX3 7AY, ages 1 to 4, 17 places
    Ofsted, 7 September 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Shelf Pre-School - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 7NT, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 11 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Shining Stars Day Nursery - Day nursery, Halifax HX1 2JP, ages 0 to 4, 80 places
    Ofsted report card, 24 April 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Shining Stars Day Nursery - Day nursery, Halifax HX2 9RX, ages 0 to 4, 78 places
    Ofsted, 6 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Siddal Nursery - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 9DL, 26 places
  • Sowerby Bridge Day Nursery - Day nursery, Halifax HX6 3AE, ages 0 to 4, 77 places
    Ofsted report card, 6 May 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Sowood Pre-School And Community Association - Pre-school, Halifax HX4 9HY, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 13 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stagecoach Halifax King's Church - Pre-school, Halifax HX1 2TS
  • St Andrew's Pre-School - Pre-school, Halifax HX3 0AA, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 30 June 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St Georges Pre-School - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 5BT, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 26 February 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sticky Fingers Pre-School - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 0TP, ages 2 to 10, 25 places
    Ofsted, 15 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Study Write @ Northowram - Pre-school, Halifax HX3 7EF
  • Sunnybank Pre-school - Pre-school, Halifax HX4 8LZ, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 6 December 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Northern Lights Preschool and Out of School Club - Pre-school, Halifax HX1 5EE, ages 1 to 5, 65 places
    Ofsted, 11 March 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Spinning Top Day Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, Halifax HX2 7TJ, 42 places
  • Tot Spot Day Nursery - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 5AX, ages 0 to 4, 65 places
    Ofsted report card, 25 November 2025: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Warley Preschool Ltd - Day nursery, Halifax HX2 7LY, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 4 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Waterloo House Day Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, Halifax HX1 2TE, ages 1 to 4, 65 places
    Ofsted, 16 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • White Stork Nursery at The Tannery - Day nursery, Halifax HX3 7HR, ages 0 to 4, 75 places
    Ofsted, 29 July 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • First Class Learning Tuition Centre - Out-of-school club, Halifax HX1 3BG
  • Kip McGrath Halifax - Out-of-school club, Halifax HX1 1SP
  • Northowram Kids Club Ltd - Out-of-school club, Halifax HX3 7HH, 60 places
  • Study Write @ All Saints - Out-of-school club, Halifax HX3 0SD
  • Study Write @ Holmfield - Out-of-school club, Halifax HX3 6SN
  • Study Write @ Salterhebble - Out-of-school club, Halifax HX3 0AU
  • Wiseowls Learning - Out-of-school club, Halifax HX1 1DU

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Halifax

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.