Sessional pre-school in Brook Hill, Bradford
Sponge Tree Nature Kindergarten
1 Ingfield, Kirklands Road, Baildon, Shipley, BD17 6HT · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
1 Ingfield, Kirklands Road, Baildon, Shipley, BD17 6HT · More nurseries in BD17
Stations
- Baildon6 min walk · 0.2 miles
Buses
20 bus stops within 400 m, including Kirklands Rd Brook Hill, Baildon Rail Station and Kirklands Rd Hawthorne View.
Parks and playgrounds
- Nether Hall Park7 min walk
- Cliffe Avenue Park12 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Baildon Playground11 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 Bradford there are about 4.8 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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Sponge Tree Nature Kindergarten is a sessional pre-school at 1 Ingfield, Kirklands Road, Baildon, Shipley, BD17 6HT, in Brook Hill, Bradford. It is registered for 14 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponge Tree Nature KindergartenThis 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
- Hoyle Court Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2022 0.2 miles
- Baildon Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected December 2024 0.5 miles
- Sandal Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.8 miles
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 1.0 miles
- Christ Church Church of England Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2022 1.0 miles
- Idle CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected January 2025 1.2 miles
- Thackley Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2024 1.2 miles
- Baildon Glen Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected May 2025 1.2 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Sponge Tree Nature Kindergarten's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sponge Tree Nature Kindergarten Good at its inspection on 8 July 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Sponge Tree Nature Kindergarten take?
Sponge Tree Nature Kindergarten is registered with Ofsted for up to 14 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Sponge Tree Nature Kindergarten?
Baildon is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY555476 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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