Full-day nursery in Balby, Doncaster
Bright Beginnings Day Nursery and Preschool
Sunningdale Road, Balby, DONCASTER, DN4 8DR · 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
Sunningdale Road, Balby, DONCASTER, DN4 8DR · More nurseries in DN4
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Sandford Road/Balby Road, Sandford Road/Grange Avenue and Balby Road/Burton Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Westfield Park7 min walk
- Hexthorpe Park12 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- rose park playground3 min walk
- Playground9 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 Doncaster there are about 4.4 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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Bright Beginnings Day Nursery and Preschool is a full-day nursery at Sunningdale Road, Balby, DONCASTER, DN4 8DR, in Balby, Doncaster. It is registered for 100 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Bright Beginnings Day Nursery and PreschoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Woodfield Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 0.4 miles
- Sycamore Hall Preparatory School ages 2–11has a nursery class 0.4 miles
- Balby Central Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.4 miles
- Hexthorpe Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.6 miles
- St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2024 0.6 miles
- Maple Medical PRU ages 5–16Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.7 miles
- Journey Education Group ages 5–18 0.8 miles
- Atlas Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.8 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 Bright Beginnings Day Nursery and Preschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bright Beginnings Day Nursery and Preschool Good at its inspection on 20 February 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bright Beginnings Day Nursery and Preschool take?
Bright Beginnings Day Nursery and Preschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 100 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Bright Beginnings Day Nursery and Preschool?
Doncaster is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 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 EY290457 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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