Full-day nursery in Woodhouse, Wakefield
Earlybirds Daycare
Normanton Methodist Church, Wakefield Road, NORMANTON, WF6 1AG · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since November 2015Reference EY495984Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 6 September 2024Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places68 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 17 February 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Normanton Methodist Church, Wakefield Road, NORMANTON, WF6 1AG · More nurseries in WF6
Stations
- Normanton8 min walk · 0.3 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Normanton Methodist Ch, Church Lane and Church Lane .
Parks and playgrounds
- Haw Hill Park12 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground3 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 Wakefield there are about 4.7 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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Earlybirds Daycare is a full-day nursery at Normanton Methodist Church, Wakefield Road, NORMANTON, WF6 1AG, in Woodhouse, Wakefield. It is registered for 68 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.6 from 11 reviews (November 2026).
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| Earlybirds DaycareThis 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
- Normanton Junior Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 0.2 miles
- Newlands Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected February 2025 0.3 miles
- Normanton All Saints CofE Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected November 2024 0.3 miles
- Altofts Junior Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 0.5 miles
- St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.6 miles
- Lee Brigg Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.7 miles
- Martin Frobisher Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.9 miles
- Normanton Common Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 1.0 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 Earlybirds Daycare's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Earlybirds Daycare Good at its inspection on 6 September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Earlybirds Daycare take?
Earlybirds Daycare is registered with Ofsted for up to 68 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Earlybirds Daycare?
Normanton is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Earlybirds Daycare?
You can call 01924 898271.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY495984 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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