white stork Nursery - Northowram

Looking for exceptional childcare near Northowram? Located at The Tannery Business Centre on Bradford Road, White Stork Nursery offers an Outstanding Ofsted registered environment for families in Northowram, Shelf, and Hipperholme. Our day nursery provides an inspiring space where children aged 0 to 4 thrive through play based exploration and early academic excellence. From sensory outdoor play to foundational literacy skills, our dedicated team ensures every milestone is nurtured, making us the trusted early years choice for families.

Our Nursery

We have created a secure, protective environment where children feel completely safe to take risks, explore, and grow in confidence. By prioritising emotional well being, our nurturing team ensures every child feels deeply valued, happy, and settled from day one. This secure foundation allows our advanced curriculum to truly thrive, blending joyful exploration with foundational learning to inspire curiosity and prepare children beautifully for their future school journey.

"Children make remarkable progress during their time at White Stork"

Ofsted 2025

Educators

Children

Joint Years Experience

Behind our remarkable progress is a dedicated team of professionals who bring decades of collective childcare experience to our setting. Their ongoing commitment to high quality early education ensures that your child is supported by knowledgeable, trusted hands every single day.

What to expect at Nursery

Outstanding Facilities

We feature beautifully zoned, spacious indoor areas alongside an expansive, high energy outdoor play space complete with a mud kitchen and imaginative play setups. Safety and accessibility are completely paramount.

Tailored Nutrition

Our on-site kitchen prepares fresh & nutritious meals every day! We understand every child  is unique, our chef meticulously adapts menus to cater to individual allergies, weaning stages, and dietary requirements.

Real-Time Updates

Through our dedicated, secure parent communication app, we provide seamless, real-time updates on your child's day from their meals and nap times to photos of their latest creative triumphs.

Tailored Care

We treat every family like our own from day one. Our premium onboarding process features personalised Home Visits and tailored settling-in sessions to ensure a worry free, confident transition.

White Stork Seniors

Abbey Ball

Senior Stork

Aimee Norris

Senior Stork

Sophie Rogerson

Senior Stork

We are incredibly fortunate to have three Senior Storks guiding our practice, bringing a powerful blend of nursery and primary school leadership directly to our rooms. This expert trio specialises in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), ensuring our provision is entirely inclusive and tailored to every child's unique journey. With a rich background that includes advanced curriculum development, they inject cutting edge early years research into our daily routines. Always approachable and deeply knowledgeable, our Senior Storks are on hand to guide you through transitions, offer specialist advice, and ensure that our educational standards remain nothing short of exceptional.

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I host a Fitness Explorers session at my gym for the children at White Stork Nursery. It was proposed by one of the owners Natalie who shows clear care and passion for developing the children’s physical development in both strength, coordination & balance. Which means I’ve seen first hard how the nursery practitioners work with the children too.. each child is treated like an individual and it’s clear the care they have for each child’s different learning needs. The children engage incredibly well with the practitioners and show a lot of confidence, physical and conversational skills for their age. A special shoutout to practioners: Darcie, Olivia, Phoebe & Sophie who are so incredibly helpful during the sessions but also genuinely in awe at how good they are with the children. The children listen clearly to them, are so happy to engage with them and you can see there is a strong relationship between them. It’s the best partnership to happen to our gym and we’re really grateful to be working with White Stork!
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White stork is exceptional. There simply isn’t a nursery like it , each and every single person who work there go above and beyond every day for all the little people they care for. We are so so grateful for finding such a special place for Merla to spend with a big chunk of her early years at. When you arrive every staff member smiles and greets you calling their child by their name and immediately making them feel welcome. The updates are great with everything they have eaten and how much and sometimes pictures of all the amazing things they get up to. There are so many extra things available at white stork alongside their usual nursery day, Merla has participated in the amazing number train maths sessions which were always a highlight of her week, rugby tots, trips to fourth quarter gym and walks to the arboretum. Merla has formed strong friendships with other children at white stork who we intend to keep in touch with , also with staff members especially Abbey who we will miss and always remember ! One of my favourite parts about white stork is the food , Leanne and her team make the most delicious home cooked meals and snacks every day which makes devours (she’s not the best eater for me!) I love reading all the healthy nutritious things she has eaten throughout her day. I genuinely feel like every person at this nursery care so much about each child , I continuously recommend and rave about white stork to everyone. Laurafay and Natnat you have created the most special , magical place, we feel so lucky to have been a part of white stork and can’t thank you enough 💙🫶🏼 Faye , Scott, Jasper & Merla x x x
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This nursery just wow… They have being such a huge part of our little boys life they have support us and him more than you could imagine for a nursery setting they really do go above and beyond! Laurafay, Natalie and abbey thank you honestly from the bottom of hearts you have all being a huge part of the “village” for our family Could not recommend this nursery setting anymore! Faultless Laurafay and Natalie You should be so proud of the setting you’ve created! Honestly thank you for everything you’ve left a huge footprint on our hearts! and abbey your the absolute best! P.s if you want to drop your child off and feel like there with “family” This is the setting for you!
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Both my children attended White Stork and it will always have a special place in my heart. My daughter was there from 10 months old and at this point I feel like Natalie was a third parent, my daughter is besotted with her so much so she can't wait to go to nursery to see her! The staff are so personal they have made me feel so comfortable in leaving both children knowing they are in the best hands. I feel so emotional both are leaving as all the white stork staff have been such a blessing in both my babies learning and progression and seeing how both light up whenever they see the staff is all the justification I need that White Stork is nothing but outstanding!! Everyday there is something new and exciting being set up for the children when I take them in. The children always look so happy and have all day access for the outdoor play area (which is fantastic!). Also to mention Leanne who makes the best meals everyday for the children and have helped my children not be picky eaters! Thank you to all the staff for being such a ray of sunshine everyday and making both my children's nursery experience such a delight!
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Cracking nursery. Honestly, truly amazing - it’s what all other nurseries should be benchmarked against. The staff are great and always seem happy, as do all the kids. Our little one loves it here!
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This is an amazing nursery. The staff are so caring and supportive. The facilities are excellent and the food is second to none. My daughter loves it here. She loves the activities, which are excellent, entertaining and educational. She is learning so much and making new friends. Thank you to everyone at White Stork Nursery.
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From the start, white stork have been great and really supportive. Not only to our daughter but also to us as parents. They helped alot with the adjustment of nursery. All the staff are kind and all know our daughter by her name, which they learnt very quickly. Heidi has grown and developed a lot in their care and they do an amazing job. Can't recommend this nursery enough and we are very happy our daughter attends white stork.
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My daughter has settled into her new routine at White stork so well, not only have I seen her thrive in this environment with the thanks to her key workers and all the other staff, but the nursery was extremely supportive for those first few weeks that I found so challenging to adjust to. They kept communication open with me and updated me regularly on my daughters progress and her general well being. I feel incredibly lucky to have my daughter in this nursery, as everything they do is done to the highest standard. And special mention to the chef who makes incredible home made food everyday that the children love. And a special mention to our lovely key worker Sophie Rice, who has a fantastic bond with my daughter after only being there for just 3 months. Thanks everyone at White stork xxx
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Mohammed Shah
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Absolutely amazing nursery. Super friendly and understanding staff. My daughter loved being there and the staff were all very caring and looked after the children so well. The whole onboarding process and getting updates is so smooth. They have it all thought out really well and look at many factors which shows the attention to detail and ultimately how great they're in what they do. My daughter loved the meals they made which were all healthy and nutritious. They make adjustments for each child. Highly recommend to everyone wanting to send their children there. Best nursery I've enrolled my daughter into. A thank you to all the team for giving my daughter the best time she's had at nursery and enjoyed fully.
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We started our little boy at White Stork recently - it is a wonderful nursery. The staff are attentive, caring and empathetic. The nursery is very modern and clean. We couldn't be happier that we selected White Stork.
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