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Nurseries in Pontefract

There are 25 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Pontefract, and 2 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Pontefract

  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 19 settings (3 Outstanding, 16 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Action2Change - Pre-school, Pontefract WF7 5EN
  • Badsworth Nursery - Day nursery, Pontefract WF9 1AJ, ages 0 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 12 January 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Butterflys Day Nursery - Day nursery, Pontefract WF9 4LQ, ages 0 to 4, 78 places
    Ofsted, 29 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cherry Blossom Pre-School - Day nursery, Pontefract WF8 2HN, ages 2 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 23 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Engineering & Sports Alternative Provision - Pre-school, Pontefract WF8 4FU
  • Happy Days Childrens Centre - Day nursery, Pontefract WF9 2UJ, ages 0 to 4, 83 places
    Ofsted, 1 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Holly Tree Nursery - Day nursery, Pontefract WF7 7DE, 35 places
  • Little Explorers - Day nursery, Pontefract WF7 7DF, ages 2 to 4, 16 places
    Ofsted, 3 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Gruffalos (Hemsworth) - Day nursery, Pontefract WF9 4AZ, ages 2 to 8, 38 places
    Ofsted, 3 August 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Rainbow Nursery - Pre-school, Pontefract WF8 1JL, ages 1 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 10 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Oakhill Day Nursery - Day nursery, Pontefract WF7 5JB, ages 2 to 4, 25 places
    Ofsted, 18 December 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Pomfret Woodland Community Nursery - Day nursery, Pontefract WF8 2DD, ages 1 to 4, 55 places
    Ofsted, 2 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Safe 'n' Sound Nursery - Day nursery, Pontefract WF7 6LS, ages 0 to 10, 58 places
    Ofsted, 30 November 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stagecoach Pontefract - Pre-school, Pontefract WF8 3NW
  • Stepping Stones Day Nursery - Day nursery, Pontefract WF8 4DA, ages 0 to 11, 88 places
    Ofsted, 12 December 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St Luke's Pre-School Nursery - Day nursery, Pontefract WF9 2QQ, ages 0 to 4, 104 places
    Ofsted, 12 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sunshine Kids - Day nursery, Pontefract WF8 1NB, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 15 March 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Super Star Sport North Featherstone - Pre-school, Pontefract WF7 6LW
  • The Grange Nursery - Day nursery, Pontefract WF8 3RJ, ages 2 to 10, 36 places
    Ofsted, 15 August 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Meadow Pre-School - Day nursery, Pontefract WF9 5BP, ages 2 to 4, 40 places
    Ofsted, 21 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Woodland Pre-School - Day nursery, Pontefract WF9 4QJ, ages 2 to 4, 70 places
    Ofsted, 13 August 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Upton Daycare - Day nursery, Pontefract WF9 1JS, ages 2 to 4, 18 places
    Ofsted, 13 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Went Valley Pre School - Pre-school, Pontefract WF8 3JY, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 11 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Westfield Centre Children's Day Care - Day nursery, Pontefract WF9 2PU, ages 0 to 4, 39 places
    Ofsted, 22 April 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Young Minds Matter - Day nursery, Pontefract WF8 4AY

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Kip McGrath Pontefract - Out-of-school club, Pontefract WF8 1SL
  • Super Star Sport St Helen's - Out-of-school club, Pontefract WF9 4EG

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 Pontefract

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