Shining Stars Day Nursery - Illingworth Road

156 Illingworth Road, Halifax HX2 9RX
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9.9 25 Reviews
  • Shining Stars Day Nursery - Illingworth Road, Halifax
Shining Stars Day Nursery - Illingworth Road offers a homely and nurturing environment where children enjoy exploring, playing and using their imaginations.

Children across the nursery are supported by a dedicated staff team to learn the important skills and milestones in their early years. The nursery team are committed to giving children a rich learning environment that feels like a home from home.

Set across 3 rooms (babies, toddlers and preschool), the children enjoy welcoming home corners and roleplay areas to develop their imaginations, cosy corners to snuggle up and read their favourite stories and space to enjoy creative activities, messy activities, water and sand play throughout the day. There is also a sensory room that the children can access in small groups. There is also an outdoor space that the children access throughout the day

The nursery is lucky to have a cook who provides healthy and delicious home cooked meals and caters for a range of food allergies and dietary requirements across the setting.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Owner

  • P&L Nurseries Ltd
  • Privately Owned

Person in Charge

  • Beth Briggs (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 31

Total Places for Children

  • 78

Age Range

  • from 0 years 0 months
  • to 5 years

Funding & Fees

  • Full day (7:30 - 18:00) - £70.25
    AM session (7:30 - 13:00) - £44
    PM session (13:00 - 18:00) - £40.50

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas

Shining Stars Day Nursery - Illingworth Road Reviews (25)

9.9

Shining Stars Day Nursery - Illingworth Road has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.943) out of 10, based on 25 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Shining Stars Day Nursery - Illingworth Road has 25 reviews.

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Review from Sophie B (Mother of Child) published on 18 November 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Always been happy with the nursery having my current child attending now and my eldest attending many years ago too. Never had any problems as the service all the staff provide is impeccable. Both my children have loved attending to the point of not even wanting to come home when it's home time which
just makes you realise that your children are in safe hands and attended to the way you would wish.
Thank you massively for making such a great impact in my children's lives.
Reply from Hannah Berry, SEND & Quality Coordinator at Shining Stars Day Nursery - Illingworth Road
Thank you so much for your kind words and for sharing your experience!
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Review from isobel m (Mother of Child) published on 18 November 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Shining stars is an absoloutley brilliant nursery. From the moment we walked through the doors, we knew it was the perfect place for our daughter. The atmosphere within nursery is so welcoming and everybody is friendly.
The staff go above and beyond every single day, they take the time to get to know
the children individually, making sure they feel safe, happy and confident.
Our daughter has absolutely thrived since joining. Her confidence, independence, and curiosity have all come on so well thanks to the supportive environment the staff and managers have created. We're constantly amazed at the activities and learning opportunities provided, and we love hearing about all the fun she's had each day.
A huge thank you to the manager who again, takes the time and gets to know each child individually which i think is fantastic. Big thankyou to all the staff team who make our nursery experience stress free!
Reply from Hannah Berry, SEND & Quality Coordinator at Shining Stars Day Nursery - Illingworth Road
Thank you for your kind words - it's amazing to hear how your child is thriving!
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Review from Rhiannon L (Mother of Child) published on 18 November 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I absolutely love shinning stars nursery, my daughter has come on amazing with her her speech and learning all her colours numbers and shapes including all the other learning activities as well and they are truly amazing with helping out with potty training when I started it with my daughter, she is
always talking about what happened at nursery when I pick her up and always asking to go even on the days she isn't in!! They staff are fantastic, they are friendly, very engaged with the children's learning and emotions, and handovers are amazing with the details about what's happened that's session with your child!! The nursery but most importantly that staff give off and making it like it's very homely and loving!!! The manager is amazing as well as she is anlways involved with all the rooms!! Which is fantastic, recommend shinning stars nursery to any of my friends or people looking to put their child into nursery because that nursery has done amazing things with my daughter development
Reply from Hannah Berry, SEND & Quality Coordinator at Shining Stars Day Nursery - Illingworth Road
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Review from Lauren B (Mother of Child) published on 18 November 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Both of my children have attended here ,and I couldn't be happier with the care and support they've received. My eldest had a wonderful experience here, and now my youngest is thriving too. The staff are consistently kind, helpful, and incredibly accommodating - nothing is ever too much trouble! It's
clear how much the team care about each child's individual needs and development. My youngest is excited to go in on the days she attends, and it's lovely to see her confidence growing. the staff create such a warm, nurturing, and welcoming environment. I would highly recommend Shining Stars to any parent looking for a caring and supportive nursery where child is attending a home from home. Keyworkers create such a lovely bond with the children which is reassuring for parents.
Reply from Hannah Berry, SEND and Quality Coordinator at Shining Stars Day Nursery - Illingworth Road
Thank you for your kind words - it has been lovely watching them both learn and grow over their time here
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Review from Katie B (Mother of Child) published on 17 November 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child has been at Shining Stars Illingworth since she was 8 months old and has loved every single day she has been there. She is currently in the toddler room, but has had the most amazing experience in the setting, and had fantastic bonds/ trust with her key workers, but also the other staff in
the nursery. The app they use for observations and updates is lovely and always updated, all the staff are lovely, pleasant, kind and polite- even the owners couldn't do more for you if they tried.
Really heart warming as a parent to know how happy your child is, especially as a first time mum. Could not recommend the nursery enough :)
Reply from Hannah Berry, SEND & Quality Coordinator at Shining Stars Day Nursery - Illingworth Road
Thank you so much for your kind words and sharing your experience with us at Shining Stars
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.943)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.943) out of 10 for Shining Stars Day Nursery - Illingworth Road is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 25 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 25 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.943 for Shining Stars Day Nursery - Illingworth Road is calculated as follows: ( (281 Excellents x 5) + (17 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 298 Ratings = 4.943
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Shining Stars Day Nursery - Illingworth Road is based on 25 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 78 number of registered child places is 15.6, which has been reached with 25 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Meet the Team (1)

Beth

Beth Briggs

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2021

Beth has been at Shining Stars since 2021. She has worked as a Toddler Room Leader, deputy safeguarding lead, SENDCO and Deputy Manager. She is now the nursery manager and designated safeguarding lead at Shining Stars - Illingworth Road

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