Full-day nursery in Bierley, Bradford
The Life Nursery
The Life Centre, 102-104 Bierley House Avenue, BRADFORD, BD4 6BU · 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
The Life Centre, 102-104 Bierley House Avenue, BRADFORD, BD4 6BU · More nurseries in BD4
Buses
9 bus stops within 400 m, including Firth Row, Bierley Lane Firth Row and Midgley Row.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground9 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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The Life Nursery is a full-day nursery at The Life Centre, 102-104 Bierley House Avenue, BRADFORD, BD4 6BU, in Bierley, Bradford. It is registered for 33 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| The Life 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
- Newhall Park Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.2 miles
- St John's CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected November 2023 0.4 miles
- Bradford Beacon School ages 4–11 0.6 miles
- St Columba's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.7 miles
- Bradford Academy All-throughages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.9 miles
- Knowleswood Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.9 miles
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2023 1.0 miles
- Park Aspire Alternative Provision Academy ages 4–14Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2020 1.0 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 The Life Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Life Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 19 May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Life Nursery take?
The Life Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 33 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to The Life Nursery?
Low Moor is the nearest station we know of, 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact The Life Nursery?
You can call 01274 687588 and visit thelifenursery.co.uk.
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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 13 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY547903 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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