Full-day nursery in Gateway Plaza, Barnsley
Little Roos Private Nursery LTD
McLintocks, Summer Lane, Barnsley, S70 2NZ · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since September 2024Reference 2805655Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 19 March 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places140 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 29 September 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
McLintocks, Summer Lane, Barnsley, S70 2NZ · More nurseries in S70
Stations
- Barnsley12 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Summer Lane/Town End, Summer Lane/Prospect Street and Dodworth Road/Lancaster Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Town End Park2 min walk
- Churchfields Peace Gardens6 min walk
- The Civic and Mandela Gardens9 min walk
- The Seam11 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Churchfields playground5 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.
What parents say
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Little Roos Private Nursery LTD is a full-day nursery at McLintocks, Summer Lane, Barnsley, S70 2NZ, in Gateway Plaza, Barnsley. It is registered for 140 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (October 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Holy Rood Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.3 miles
- Shawlands Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.3 miles
- Joseph Locke Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2024 0.3 miles
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Barnsley Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2024 0.3 miles
- Summer Lane Primary Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Inadequateinspected January 2025 0.5 miles
- Queens Road Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2022 0.6 miles
- Oakwell Rise Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.8 miles
- Greenacre School ages 3–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected June 2023 0.8 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 Little Roos Private Nursery LTD's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Roos Private Nursery LTD Good at its inspection on 19 March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Roos Private Nursery LTD take?
Little Roos Private Nursery LTD is registered with Ofsted for up to 140 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Little Roos Private Nursery LTD?
Barnsley is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Roos Private Nursery LTD?
You can call 01226 663002 and visit www.littleroosprivatenursery.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 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 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2805655 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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