Full-day nursery in Brighouse, Calderdale
Mill Cottage Montessori School Day Care
Wakefield Road, Brighouse, HD6 4HA · 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 October 2005Reference EY317102Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 5 March 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places77 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 5 November 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
Wakefield Road, Brighouse, HD6 4HA · More nurseries in HD6
Buses
2 bus stops within 400 m, including Wakefield Road Old Mill.
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, 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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Mill Cottage Montessori School Day Care is a full-day nursery at Wakefield Road, Brighouse, HD6 4HA, in Brighouse, Calderdale. It is registered for 77 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St John's (CofE) Primary Academy, Clifton Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 0.7 miles
- St Thomas CE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected November 2023 1.0 miles
- Hartshead Junior and Infant School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 1.1 miles
- Woodhouse Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 1.3 miles
- Pivot Academy ages 5–18 1.3 miles
- Hollybank School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected March 2024 1.4 miles
- Roberttown CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 1.4 miles
- High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 1.5 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 Mill Cottage Montessori School Day Care's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Mill Cottage Montessori School Day Care Outstanding at its inspection on 5 March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Mill Cottage Montessori School Day Care take?
Mill Cottage Montessori School Day Care is registered with Ofsted for up to 77 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Mill Cottage Montessori School Day Care?
Brighouse is the nearest station we know of, 1.5 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.
- 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 EY317102 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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