Full-day nursery in Darfield, Barnsley
Darfield Family Centre Nursery
Darfield Children's Centre, School Street, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9EU · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since April 2010Reference EY409396Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 26 September 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places30 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 15 January 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Darfield Children's Centre, School Street, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9EU · More nurseries in S73
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Nanny Marr Road/Barnsley Road, Nanny Marr Road/Illsley Road and Nanny Marr Road/School Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Darfield Park1 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground12 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 Barnsley there are about 3.9 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.
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Darfield Family Centre Nursery is a full-day nursery at Darfield Children's Centre, School Street, Darfield, Barnsley, S73 9EU, in Darfield, Barnsley. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.0 from 4 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
Run by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (local council), which runs 5 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- All Saints Academy Darfield Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected May 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Outwood Primary Academy Darfield Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2024 0.6 miles
- Upperwood Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 0.7 miles
- St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2024 0.8 miles
- Wombwell Park Street Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2023 1.4 miles
- Sandhill Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2024 1.5 miles
- Kings Oak Primary Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 1.6 miles
- Brampton Cortonwood Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 1.6 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 Darfield Family Centre Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Darfield Family Centre Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 26 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Darfield Family Centre Nursery take?
Darfield Family Centre Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
Who runs Darfield Family Centre Nursery?
Darfield Family Centre Nursery is run by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, which runs 5 nurseries.
How do I contact Darfield Family Centre Nursery?
You can call 01226 775522.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 October 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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY409396 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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