Full-day nursery in Manningham, Bradford
Meridian Nursery
Meridian Centre, 59 St.Paul's Road, Bradford, BD8 7LS · 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 and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
- Monday to Friday
- 09:00–16:00
Ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Meridian Centre, 59 St.Paul's Road, Bradford, BD8 7LS · More nurseries in BD8
Stations
- Frizinghall23 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
19 bus stops within 400 m, including St Paul's Road, Skinner Lane Rosebery Rd and Conduit Street Carlisle Rd.
Parks and playgrounds
- Grosvenor Park5 min walk
- Lister Park5 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground6 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 Bradford there are about 4.8 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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Meridian Nursery is a full-day nursery at Meridian Centre, 59 St.Paul's Road, Bradford, BD8 7LS, in Manningham, Bradford. It is registered for 44 children. It opens 09:00–16:00, Mon–Fri. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.6 from 5 reviews (November 2026).
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| Meridian NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | 09:00–16:00 | 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
- Islamic Tarbiyyah Preparatory School ages 3–11has a nursery class under 0.1 miles
- Westbourne Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.1 miles
- Miriam Lord Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 0.2 miles
- Iqra Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.2 miles
- Atlas Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.3 miles
- Lilycroft Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.3 miles
- Abbey Green Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected December 2023 0.4 miles
- Green Lane Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.4 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 are Meridian Nursery's opening hours?
Meridian Nursery opens 09:00–16:00, Mon–Fri.
What is Meridian Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Meridian Nursery Good at its inspection on 30 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Meridian Nursery take?
Meridian Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 44 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Meridian Nursery?
Frizinghall is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Meridian Nursery?
You can call 01274 490373 and visit meridiancentrenursery.org.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 13 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 13 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY345050 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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