Full-day nursery in Thwaite Gate, Leeds
Bright Horizons First Direct Stourton Day Nursery And Preschool
40 Wakefield Road, LEEDS, LS10 3TP · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since January 2020Reference 2563491Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 16 May 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places200 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 4 March 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
40 Wakefield Road, LEEDS, LS10 3TP · More nurseries in LS10
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including First Direct, Queen Street and Pontefract Road Jct.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground5 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Leeds there are about 3.6 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
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Bright Horizons First Direct Stourton Day Nursery And Preschool is a full-day nursery at 40 Wakefield Road, LEEDS, LS10 3TP, in Thwaite Gate, Leeds. It is registered for 200 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited.
Run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited (company), which runs 245 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Low Road Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.4 miles
- Hunslet Carr Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.5 miles
- St Marys Church of England Primary Academy Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected September 2024 0.5 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hunslet Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.7 miles
- Springwell Leeds Academy ages 5–16Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.9 miles
- Windmill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2024 1.0 miles
- Co-op Academy Brierley ages 4–16Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 1.0 miles
- Hunslet Moor Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 1.1 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Bright Horizons First Direct Stourton Day Nursery And Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bright Horizons First Direct Stourton Day Nursery And Preschool Outstanding at its inspection on 16 May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bright Horizons First Direct Stourton Day Nursery And Preschool take?
Bright Horizons First Direct Stourton Day Nursery And Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 200 children at any one time.
Who runs Bright Horizons First Direct Stourton Day Nursery And Preschool?
Bright Horizons First Direct Stourton Day Nursery And Preschool is run by Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited, which runs 245 nurseries.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2563491 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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