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Tot Spot Day Nursery

Ofsted: Strong standard·
4.8(33 parent reviews) ·Mill House, Dean Clough Mills, HALIFAX, HX3 5AX · Calderdale
Number of places
65 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2025
Local authority
Calderdale

About this day nursery

Tot Spot Day Nursery, established in 2003, is an 'Outstanding' childcare setting in Halifax, HX3 5AX, for children aged 0-4 years. Operating Monday to Friday from 7:15 AM to 6:00 PM all year round, the nursery prides itself on its exceptionally welcoming environment where children thrive.

The dedicated leadership team and staff are committed to providing a high-quality, inclusive, and ambitious curriculum that is tailored to meet the individual needs of every child, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Leaders demonstrate a deep understanding of supporting children with SEND, and comprehensive action plans are implemented to ensure these children receive holistic support and make sustained progress.

The nursery's approach focuses on fostering independence and a strong sense of identity, offering a diverse range of experiences that celebrate children's backgrounds and cultures. This commitment extends to meticulously planned activities that build on existing skills, ensuring children become high achievers who confidently recall their learning.

Our ethos

Tot Spot Day Nursery's philosophy emphasises allowing children to learn and develop through various forms of play, fostering individuality and growth in a happy, stable, and structured environment. They aim to provide a stimulating environment with continuous provision areas in each room, offering a variety of activities.

What it's like

Children thoroughly enjoy their time in this exceptionally welcoming setting. Staff are very skilled at delivering an inclusive and ambitious curriculum, ensuring all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, receive the challenge they need to experience success. Leaders prioritise monitoring children's attendance and work closely with parents to gather detailed information, enabling staff to plan and adapt their approach for high-quality care and learning.

Outstanding qualityAmbitious curriculumStrong independenceNurturing environmentTailored learningExcellent SEND provision

Pricing & funding

Fees are calculated based on weekly sessions over 51 weeks of the year and divided by 12 to provide consistent monthly payments. A non-refundable registration fee is required to secure a child's place, and late collection fees are charged to cover staff overtime.

Funding accepted

30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • Registration fee is non-refundable and reserves a place for up to one month after the requested start date.
  • Fees are calculated based on weekly sessions over 51 weeks and divided by 12 for equal monthly payments.
  • Late pick-ups incur additional charges to cover staff overtime costs.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday from 7.15am to 6.00pm. Open 51 weeks of the year, closed on bank holidays and Christmas week.

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2003

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Strong standard

Last inspected Nov 2025

Headline: Strong standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
—
Needs attention
—
Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementStrong standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Tot Spot Day Nursery

Last inspected 25 November 2025

Safeguarding effective

What it's like to attend

Children thoroughly enjoy their time in this exceptionally welcoming setting. Staff are very skilled at delivering an inclusive and ambitious curriculum, ensuring all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, receive the challenge they need to experience success. Leaders prioritise monitoring children's attendance and work closely with parents to gather detailed information, enabling staff to plan and adapt their approach for high-quality care and learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Children successfully build on their existing skills because activities are carefully sequenced to support progression.
  • Children are remarkably high achievers who remember and recall their learning.
  • Children's transitions within the setting and on to school are exceptionally well supported.
  • Staff enable children's independence.
  • Staff provide experiences that promote children's sense of identity and celebrate their diverse backgrounds and cultures.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders and those responsible for governance should sustain their work to ensure continued improvement and high standards. They should focus on creating a transformational impact on the outcomes and experiences of disadvantaged children, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, those who are known (or previously known) to children's social care and those who may face other barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing.
Inspection #10117618 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders demonstrate great knowledge of supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and are passionate about providing every child with the very best early education. Gaps in learning are swiftly identified, and focused action plans are put in place to support children with SEND, with staff accessing training and completing further research to ensure children with SEND benefit from an inclusive and challenging curriculum. Staff work closely with other professionals and make purposeful use of additional funding to enrich children's sensory awareness, ensuring children with SEND receive holistic support and make sustained progress.

Outdoor space

Children show a constant eagerness to do things themselves, such as putting on coats and shoes to go outside.

Parent Reviews of Tot Spot Day Nursery

4.8
(33)
Ashleigh Torevell
a year ago

Absolutely over the moon with the level of commitment, care and understand this nursery has had towards my daughter and us as parents! We recently changed our daughters nursery after having quite an uneasy start elsewhere to Tot spot day nursery, which was quite a vulnerable time for us and our daughter who is very shy, not the best at changing environments and very slow to warm up. From her settling in sessions to her first day the nursery staff had our feelings at best interest, they kept us up to date throughout the day with updates and photos which instantly made us feel at ease. My daughter has now fully settled into nursery and has amazing bonds with all of the staff in her room, each staff member has taken their time to get to know our daughter and made her feel comfortable enough to be her crazy self every single day and comes home bouncing with energy and tells us all about what she has done! Plus We still receive the same amount of reassuring photos and updates of her day!

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Jemma Taylor
a year ago

I cannot recommend Totspot nursery any higher. My boy has been going since he turned one and the progress, his development and the opportunity to shine is incredible. All the staff from management, key workers, the top chef, all the nursery workers and cleaners - I cannot thank you enough for the effort you all put in. They always keep me informed on the activities, his food intake and his interactions constantly throughout the day. He always has a smile on his face whenever he seems the building and has built the most beautiful friendships with the staff and toddlers in his room. Definitely the best nursery around.

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Melissa Swindells
a year ago

My twins have been attending Totspot since they were 9 months old, in September they will be leaving to go school and I am so confident that Totspot have given them the best start. They have honestly brought my girls learning, imagination and independence on leaps and bounds, and cannot recommend this nursery enough. The whole nursery is always clean and well presented, with lots of different toys and things to do, the outdoor area is spacious and super safe for even the smallest children. All activities are well thought out and fun for the children, the food sounds incredible (I wish I could eat there most days), and overall you can tell that every member of staff wants to be there and loves being around the children. All staff interact with all the children no matter what room they are in and are so kind and helpful and genuinely support the children and the parents in their learning and development. (I will never forget on the girls first day a member of staff from the preschool room giving me a cuddle when I got upset) Thank you everyone at Totspot, we will all be genuinely sad to leave!

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kelsey cheesbrough
a year ago

Wonderful Nursery. My son has attended Totspot for the past 3 years and I have nothing but good things to say about Totspot. All the staff are so friendly & every key worker in each room he has had over the years have been nothing short of amazing & incredibly supportive of his development. My son runs into nursery every morning without hesitation to see his Friends where I know he is always in a safe and friendly environment.

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Catherine Gregory
a year ago

The best nursery in the area! I’ve been sending my kids here since 2017, and they’ve given them the best early years start possible. The nursery is clean and tidy, the facilities are first class and kept orderly. The staff are great and well trained, and information between the nursery and parents is free flowing. The kids love the food there - it’s all fresh and healthy. They are also ofstead outstanding! It’ll be strange when my twins stop going in September. Thank you Totspot!

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Inspection history

Date: May 2011

The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Outstanding). We're re-checking it against the original report.

  • March 2020Outstanding
  • June 2013Outstanding
  • May 2011Outstanding

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