Full-day nursery in Longwood, Kirklees
Longwood Daycare
53 Thornhill Road, Longwood, Huddersfield, HD3 4UL · 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 May 2018Reference EY559308Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 25 November 2021Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places28 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 2 July 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
53 Thornhill Road, Longwood, Huddersfield, HD3 4UL · More nurseries in HD3
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Longwood War Memorial, Ballroyd Clough and Royd Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground11 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 Kirklees there are about 3 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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Longwood Daycare is a full-day nursery at 53 Thornhill Road, Longwood, Huddersfield, HD3 4UL, in Longwood, Kirklees. It is registered for 28 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood DaycareThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Portland HouseFull-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.8 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.2 miles
- Reinwood Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2022 0.5 miles
- Reinwood Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2021 0.5 miles
- Luck Lane, A Share Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11 0.6 miles
- Huddersfield Grammar School ages 3–16has a nursery class 0.7 miles
- Paddock Junior Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.9 miles
- Woodside Green, A Share Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.9 miles
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 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 Longwood Daycare's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Longwood Daycare Good at its inspection on 25 November 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Longwood Daycare take?
Longwood Daycare is registered with Ofsted for up to 28 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Longwood Daycare?
Lockwood is the nearest station we know of, 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
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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 EY559308 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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