Full-day nursery in Woodside, Calderdale
Polly's Private Day Nursery
Holroyds Mill, Old Lane, Halifax, HX3 5AX · 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
Holroyds Mill, Old Lane, Halifax, HX3 5AX · More nurseries in HX3
Stations
- Halifax16 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Dean Clough, Haley Hill and All Souls Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Woodside Playground4 min walk
- Akroyd Park5 min walk
- The Square10 min walk
- Shroggs Park10 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 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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Polly's Private Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Holroyds Mill, Old Lane, Halifax, HX3 5AX, in Woodside, Calderdale. It is registered for 100 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polly's Private Day NurseryThis 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
- Beech Hill School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.2 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.3 miles
- Trinity Academy Akroydon Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.5 miles
- St Augustine's CofE School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.6 miles
- Lee Mount Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.6 miles
- Beacon Lights Schools ages 4–16 0.6 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 0.7 miles
- Mount Pellon Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 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 Polly's Private Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Polly's Private Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 10 June 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Polly's Private Day Nursery take?
Polly's Private Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 100 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Polly's Private Day Nursery?
Halifax is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Polly's Private Day Nursery?
You can call 01422 322247.
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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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2555578 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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