Sessional pre-school in Sowood, Calderdale
Sowood Pre-School And Community Association
Sowood Pre School, Stainland Road, Sowood, Halifax, HX4 9HY · 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
Sowood Pre School, Stainland Road, Sowood, Halifax, HX4 9HY · More nurseries in HX4
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including Sowood Community Centre, Park Lane Thorn Hill and Park Lane.
Parks and playgrounds
- Sowood Park5 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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Sowood Pre-School And Community Association is a sessional pre-school at Sowood Pre School, Stainland Road, Sowood, Halifax, HX4 9HY, in Sowood, Calderdale. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2022, 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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| Sowood Pre-School And Community AssociationThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Bowling Green Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.5 miles
- Holywell Green Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.8 miles
- Moorlands Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 1.2 miles
- Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 1.4 miles
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 1.7 miles
- Clough Head Junior and Infant School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 1.7 miles
- The Greetland Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.7 miles
- Cross Lane Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2023 1.8 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 Sowood Pre-School And Community Association's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sowood Pre-School And Community Association Good at its inspection on 13 June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Sowood Pre-School And Community Association take?
Sowood Pre-School And Community Association is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
How do I contact Sowood Pre-School And Community Association?
You can call 01422 374367 and visit sowoodpreschool.org.
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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 EY561596 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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