Sessional pre-school in Grove Place, Kirklees
Rawthorpe (St James) Playgroup
Rawthorpe & Dalton Children's Centre, 23-25 Ridgeway, Huddersfield, HD5 9QJ · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Rawthorpe & Dalton Children's Centre, 23-25 Ridgeway, Huddersfield, HD5 9QJ · More nurseries in HD5
Buses
22 bus stops within 400 m, including DRAM Centre, Ridgeway and Ridgeway Top.
Parks and playgrounds
- Ravensknowle Park10 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground7 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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Rawthorpe (St James) Playgroup is a sessional pre-school at Rawthorpe & Dalton Children's Centre, 23-25 Ridgeway, Huddersfield, HD5 9QJ, in Grove Place, Kirklees. It is registered for 18 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rawthorpe (St James) PlaygroupThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Happy Feet Day Care LimitedFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.7 miles |
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| Ducklings ChildcareFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.8 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.2 miles
- Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.3 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.4 miles
- Dalton School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 0.5 miles
- Moldgreen Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2022 0.6 miles
- Hill View Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2023 0.9 miles
- Woodley School and College ages 5–19Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 1.1 miles
- Southgate School ages 4–16Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 1.2 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 Rawthorpe (St James) Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Rawthorpe (St James) Playgroup Outstanding at its inspection on 18 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Rawthorpe (St James) Playgroup take?
Rawthorpe (St James) Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 18 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Rawthorpe (St James) Playgroup?
Deighton is the nearest station we know of, 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Rawthorpe (St James) Playgroup?
You can call 07985 780528.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2561557 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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