Full-day nursery in Wales Bar, Rotherham
Little Explorers Nursery
Little Explorers Day Care Nursery, 230 Wales Road, Kiveton Park, SHEFFIELD, S26 5RE · 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 October 2014Reference EY481268Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 7 May 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places59 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 18 February 2026Food 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
Little Explorers Day Care Nursery, 230 Wales Road, Kiveton Park, SHEFFIELD, S26 5RE · More nurseries in S26
Stations
- Kiveton Bridge13 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Wales Road/Lestermoor Avenue, Wales Road/Lodge Hill Drive and Wales Road/Limetree Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground6 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 Rotherham there are about 4.6 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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Little Explorers Nursery is a full-day nursery at Little Explorers Day Care Nursery, 230 Wales Road, Kiveton Park, SHEFFIELD, S26 5RE, in Wales Bar, Rotherham. It is registered for 59 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Explorers NurseryThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected April 2024 0.3 miles
- Wales Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.3 miles
- Kiveton Park Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2023 0.5 miles
- Todwick Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 1.3 miles
- Aston Hall Junior and Infant School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 1.5 miles
- Killamarsh Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected January 2025 1.5 miles
- Killamarsh Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Some aspects not as stronginspected March 2025 1.5 miles
- Harthill Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.8 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 Little Explorers Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Explorers Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 7 May 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Explorers Nursery take?
Little Explorers Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 59 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Explorers Nursery?
Kiveton Bridge is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 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
- 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY481268 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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