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Westfield House Childcare

Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2025)
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4.8(17 parent reviews)
·4 Fern Hill Road, Shipley, BD18 4SX · Bradford
Number of places
54 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2025
Local authority
Bradford

About this day nursery

Westfield House Childcare, located in Shipley, began as a family childminding service and has since grown into a thriving nursery while maintaining its foundational homely and nurturing atmosphere. The establishment prides itself on creating a trusted and inspiring space where children feel secure, confident, and eager to explore, balancing freedom with safety and support.

They celebrate each child's individuality and foster their growth in a secure environment, with both the house and garden undergoing daily risk assessments. The dedicated team, many of whom have been with Westfield House for over a decade, are passionate about early childhood education, are fully DBS checked, first aid trained, and qualified across all age groups.

They are committed to continuous professional development to ensure their skills and knowledge are current. The nursery caters to children aged 0-5 years, providing a rich and stimulating environment that encourages play, exploration, and discovery.

Their curriculum, developed by a qualified teacher (QTS) and drawing on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and the latest child development research, supports all ages and stages of development. Routines are balanced with varied opportunities for learning, combining child-led interests with focused activities.

Preschool children benefit from additional activities like Forest School sessions, yoga, and science, preparing them for school and fostering a love for learning within a supportive community.

Our ethos

Westfield House Childcare offers a rich and stimulating environment that encourages play, exploration, and discovery, balancing routines with various learning opportunities. Their curriculum, developed by a qualified teacher, draws on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and current research to support all stages of development. They also offer Forest School sessions, yoga, and science for preschool children, fostering a love for learning within a supportive community.

What it's like

Children arrive eagerly, separate from their parents and carers with confidence and explore the engaging activities staff have planned for them. Staff are highly responsive and attuned to children's individual care needs. They build trusting relationships with children, helping them feel happy, secure and settled. The environment is calm and purposeful, fostering a strong sense of belonging and emotional safety. Children are active participants in their own learning. Leaders and staff carefully plan a rich and varied curriculum that is tailored to reflect each child's needs, interests and abilities. All children make good progress and develop a secure foundation for their future learning.

Homely and nurturing environmentDedicated, long-serving staffEYFS-based curriculumForest School sessionsOfsted Outstanding

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2024

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Westfield House Childcare

Last inspected 8 August 2025 · Jennifer Cowton

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 eagerly, separate from their parents and carers with confidence and explore the engaging activities staff have planned for them. Staff are highly responsive and attuned to children's individual care needs. They build trusting relationships with children, helping them feel happy, secure and settled. The environment is calm and purposeful, fostering a strong sense of belonging and emotional safety. Children are active participants in their own learning. Leaders and staff carefully plan a rich and varied curriculum that is tailored to reflect each child's needs, interests and abilities. All children make good progress and develop a secure foundation for their future learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff have designed a curriculum that supports the development of children's communication and language skills effectively.
  • Staff provide children with activities and experiences that support their understanding of healthy lifestyles.
  • The nursery supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) effectively.
  • Staff actively encourage children's independence by offering numerous opportunities throughout the day for them to take care of their own needs.
  • Partnership with parents is a clear strength of the nursery.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to identify precise learning intentions for children to fully support their learning and engagement
  • 2strengthen how information about children's next steps is shared with parents to further support their children's learning at home.
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Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The nursery supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) effectively. Staff carry out regular assessments on children's development to identify any gaps in their learning. They work closely with parents and external professionals to ensure that children receive the additional support they need.

Outdoor space

Children participate in weekly forest school sessions, where older children enjoy safely making fires and climbing trees, which helps to nurture their confidence, resilience and curiosity about the natural world. Children spend time outside each day extending their physical skills and benefit from regular yoga sessions.

Parent Reviews of Westfield House Childcare

4.8
(17)
Jo S
7 months ago

Very impressed with Westfield and with all the staff I’ve met including management, the cook and the room team. Our daughter started in the baby room a month ago. Communication before starting was excellent and included a pre-term information evening to meet the room leaders and ask questions. We met our daughter’s key person before she started and had plenty time to share all the important info about her. I felt really listened to as I explained her personality and likes/quirks. She has settled so well, is very happy, and the team have been brilliant at communicating updates, sharing photos and learning observations with us. This has been really appreciated in the emotional first days of leaving your baby in someone else’s care. I’m really happy by the variety of activities I can see her doing, and the mix of indoor and outdoor space. Our key worker is fantastic and always gives time at handover and collection to listen to updates from me and to share updates on my daughter’s day. There definitely seems like a culture of genuine care and nurturing. The length of this review probably conveys the huge relief I feel, as putting my baby into nursery was very emotional and filled with anxiety. But I have full confidence in the nursery and its staff, and my daughter is very happy there.

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Claire
7 months ago

I feel like we couldn't ask for better staff to look after our daughter. She loves the staff at Westfield house, especially her key worker Emma and often asks for her even on a weekend. They have a very special bond. Staff are like family and always give so much support to us as parents too. They have been really helpful with our daughter’s additional condition and have provided so much support and have always been ready to help however and whenever they can. The stay and plays are such a good way to meet the staff and see them interact with our child and bring out the best in her. They always put on really good activities and all three of us enjoy coming to them. The most recent parents meeting about transitioning to the next room was really informative, helpful and great to meet the room leader as well as see the room itself in person. Staff were really open to discussing my child’s additional challenges and how they can best support us, which is so reassuring and comforting for us. They are so friendly, approachable and professional that I wouldn't have a problem talking to them about anything and they are so open and honest with us that it makes for a really rewarding and supportive shared approach to raising our daughter into the amazing little girl she can be.

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Nichola Ludlam-Raine (Nic's Nutrition)
a year ago

We had the pleasure of being part of Westfield House Childcare from 2020 to 2024, and I can't recommend it highly enough. From day one, the staff have been nothing short of amazing – warm, caring, and genuinely invested in the children’s wellbeing and development. The forest school is a real highlight, giving the children the opportunity to explore, learn, and thrive outdoors in such a wonderful way. The food is also excellent, and it's clear how much thought goes into creating a healthy and enjoyable environment for the little ones. I visited 12 nurseries before choosing Westfield House, and it stood out by far as the best. The only reason we moved on was to attend a preschool closer to home – otherwise, we would have happily stayed! Thank you to the whole team for such a brilliant start to our children's early years

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Ian Anderson
3 years ago

Our 4 year old has absolutely thrived at Wesfield. The staff are brilliant, sending daily updates on how she's getting on and respondimg really quickly to any enquiry. The extra activities like yoga and science tots are really fantastic. A lovely setting with a great vibe. I can't recommend Westfield highly enough.

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Hayley Harris
a year ago

Westfield house is a lovely nursery, the staff are extremely friendly and I know my child is well looked after, giving me piece of mind whilst at work. I would highly recommend!!

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

8 August 2025

Good

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