Full-day nursery in Lower Crabtree, Sheffield
Fir Vale Children Centre
Firvale Pre School, Firvale Centre, Earl Marshal Road, Sheffield, S4 8LB · 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
Firvale Pre School, Firvale Centre, Earl Marshal Road, Sheffield, S4 8LB · More nurseries in S4
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Firth Park Road/Owler Lane, Barnsley Road/Coningsby Road and Margate Drive/Whiteways Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Osgathorpe Park2 min walk
- Firth Park12 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 Sheffield there are about 3.7 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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Fir Vale Children Centre is a full-day nursery at Firvale Pre School, Firvale Centre, Earl Marshal Road, Sheffield, S4 8LB, in Lower Crabtree, Sheffield. It is registered for 68 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Oasis Academy Fir Vale Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.1 miles
- Whiteways Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.1 miles
- Owler Brook Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.3 miles
- Hucklow Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- Abbeyfield Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.6 miles
- Byron Wood Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.7 miles
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected December 2022 0.8 miles
- Limpsfield Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2022 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 Fir Vale Children Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Fir Vale Children Centre Good at its inspection on 8 July 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Fir Vale Children Centre take?
Fir Vale Children Centre is registered with Ofsted for up to 68 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Fir Vale Children Centre?
Attercliffe is the nearest station we know of, 1.2 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 2519390 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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