Full-day nursery in Cricket Houses, Sheffield
Maple Leaf Nursery
229 Cricket Inn Road, Sheffield, S2 5AT · 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 December 2022Reference 2707986Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 13 March 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places34 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 23 October 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
229 Cricket Inn Road, Sheffield, S2 5AT · More nurseries in S2
Stations
- Cricket Inn Road1 min walk · under 0.1 miles
- Nunnery Square6 min walk · 0.2 miles
- Hyde Park7 min walk · 0.3 miles
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Cricket Inn Road/Aston Street, Cricket Inn Road/Derwent Street and Maltravers Road/Whites Lane.
Parks and playgrounds
- Skye Edge Fields5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 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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Maple Leaf Nursery is a full-day nursery at 229 Cricket Inn Road, Sheffield, S2 5AT, in Cricket Houses, Sheffield. It is registered for 34 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 8 reviews (November 2026).
Compare nurseries nearby
| Nursery | Ofsted | Full day from | Hours | Ages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Leaf NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
| Grace Owen Nursery SchoolFull-day nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
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| UK KidzFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.0 miles |
| Watoto Pre-SchoolFull-day nursery | Report card 2026 | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.0 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected April 2025 0.3 miles
- Grace Owen Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.5 miles
- Emmaus Catholic and CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.6 miles
- Manor Lodge Community Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected June 2025 0.7 miles
- Pye Bank CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.9 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 1.1 miles
- Astrea Academy Sheffield All-throughages 2–18has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 1.1 miles
- Oasis Academy Don Valley All-throughages 2–16has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 1.1 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 Maple Leaf Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Maple Leaf Nursery Good at its inspection on 13 March 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Maple Leaf Nursery take?
Maple Leaf Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 34 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Maple Leaf Nursery?
Cricket Inn Road is the nearest station we know of, under 0.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Maple Leaf Nursery?
You can call 0114 348 0626 and visit maple-leaf-nursery-ltd.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2707986 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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