Full-day nursery in North Featherstone, Wakefield
Safe 'n' Sound Nursery
Featherstone Lane, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 6LS · 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 November 2003Reference EY272107Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 30 November 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places58 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 23 September 2025Food 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
Featherstone Lane, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 6LS · More nurseries in WF7
Stations
- Featherstone12 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Featherstone Drive, Carlton Street and Halfpenny Lane.
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 Wakefield there are about 4.7 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.
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Safe 'n' Sound Nursery is a full-day nursery at Featherstone Lane, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 6LS, in North Featherstone, Wakefield. It is registered for 58 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in November 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Safe 'n' Sound NurseryThis nursery | Outstanding | 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
- Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.2 miles
- Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.6 miles
- Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected March 2024 0.7 miles
- Featherstone Purston Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.9 miles
- Featherstone Girnhill Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 1.0 miles
- Ark Halfpenny Lane Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected May 2025 1.2 miles
- Ark Larks Hill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected March 2025 1.4 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2024 1.6 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 Safe 'n' Sound Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Safe 'n' Sound Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 30 November 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Safe 'n' Sound Nursery take?
Safe 'n' Sound Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 58 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Safe 'n' Sound Nursery?
Featherstone is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 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 EY272107 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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