Full-day nursery in King Cross, Calderdale
Children's Place Halifax
The Poplars, Free School Lane, Halifax, HX1 2YE · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Poplars, Free School Lane, Halifax, HX1 2YE · More nurseries in HX1
Stations
- Halifax21 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Heath Church, Queen's Gate and St Judes Church.
Parks and playgrounds
- Skircoat Moor3 min walk
- Manor Heath6 min walk
- Albert Park8 min walk
- People's Park12 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Playground9 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 Calderdale there are about 2.8 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.
What parents say
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Children's Place Halifax is a full-day nursery at The Poplars, Free School Lane, Halifax, HX1 2YE, in King Cross, Calderdale. It is registered for 59 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (October 2026). It is run by The Children's Place Ltd.
Run by The Children's Place Ltd (company), which runs 6 nurseries.
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| Children's Place HalifaxThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Holy Trinity Primary School, A Church of England Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 under 0.1 miles
- Savile Park Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.3 miles
- St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.4 miles
- The Gleddings School ages 3–11has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- Parkinson Lane Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected September 2023 0.6 miles
- Salterhebble Junior and Infant School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 0.6 miles
- Beacon Lights Schools ages 4–16 0.7 miles
- All Saints' CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected March 2023 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Children's Place Halifax's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Children's Place Halifax Good at its inspection on 13 May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Children's Place Halifax take?
Children's Place Halifax is registered with Ofsted for up to 59 children at any one time.
Who runs Children's Place Halifax?
Children's Place Halifax is run by The Children's Place Ltd, which runs 6 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Children's Place Halifax?
Halifax is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Children's Place Halifax?
You can call 01422 329030 and visit www.childrens-place.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 October 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 303834 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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