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Bear's House

Ofsted: Good
(Feb 2022)
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3.2(9 parent reviews) ·Norset House, West View Road, Halifax, HX3 6PE · Calderdale
Number of places
38 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2022
Local authority
Calderdale

About this day nursery

Bear's House is a local authority nursery school located in Halifax, West Yorkshire. It provides childcare for children from birth up to four years old, with a maximum capacity of 38 children.

The nursery operates with a mixed-gender intake and is part of the Calderdale district's educational offerings. While this listing provides basic details such as location and age range, it doesn't offer specific information about the daily operations, curriculum, or unique features that might set it apart from other childcare providers in the area.

What it's like

Children arrive happy and eager to enter the nursery, confidently choosing activities from a range of experiences. The baby room is calm with sensory experiences, while older children enjoy a fun and vibrant environment, exploring paint and mixing colours. Children feel safe and secure, demonstrating a strong sense of belonging, and are encouraged to share experiences from home.

Local authority school

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Opening hours

7am until 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays

Age range

0-4

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2015

Waitlist

unknown

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Bear's House

Last inspected 21 February 2022 · Clare Cotton

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children arrive happy and eager to enter the nursery, confidently choosing activities from a range of experiences. The baby room is calm with sensory experiences, while older children enjoy a fun and vibrant environment, exploring paint and mixing colours. Children feel safe and secure, demonstrating a strong sense of belonging, and are encouraged to share experiences from home.

Inspector highlights

  • Children arrive happy and eager and confidently and independently choose what they would like to do.
  • Children feel safe and secure and demonstrate a strong sense of belonging in this setting.
  • The curriculum offers children exciting and challenging activities, continuously engaging them in play.
  • Staff quickly identify where children might need additional support and put plans in place to help them to achieve.
  • Partnerships with parents are good and parents are very complimentary about the setting and praise the dedicated staff and management team.

Areas to develop

  • 1support children to gain a better understanding of the impact their behaviour may have on others
  • 2provide children with time to respond to questions in order to fully support them to express their own ideas and suggestions.
Inspection #10218647 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff quickly identify where children might need additional support and put plans in place to help them to achieve. They work closely with other professionals to make sure that children get the support they need. The manager has established a good working relationship with the local health visitor and uses the progress check for children aged between two and three years effectively, to assess children's progress and identify their next steps in learning.

Outdoor space

Children have plenty of opportunities to be physically active. They go for walks in the local community and to the park, visit the library and go on bus rides to different museums. Older children enjoy listening to a wide range of stories, for example, children act out a 'bear hunt' story in the garden. They move in a range of ways as they pretend to go over, under and through different areas.

Parent Reviews of Bear's House

3.2
(9)
Kayla Saxon
12 months ago

My non verbal autistic daughter has been going here since September 2024. She settled instantly and absolutely loves going on a morning. She often struggles with new places and faces but she is so comfortable here and learning so much more every day.

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Adam Bailey
7 months ago

Honestly...I wouldn't recommend this to any parents. Don't send your child here, they don't take care of them properly.

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Shaniuwu5
7 months ago

Not a great place, fair enough they do the bare minimum but they're not great with the kids.

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reanne cumiskey
6 years ago

My daughter loves it there.... Always happy to be dropped off, and loves the ladies looking after her

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Charr Rhodes
a year ago

DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILDREN HERE. FORCE FEED YOUR CHILDREN HONESTLY NOT WORTH IT AVOID!

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Inspection history

Date: August 2016

  • February 2022Good
  • August 2016Good

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