Full-day nursery in Maltby, Rotherham
Once Upon A Time Nursery
70 High Street, Maltby, Rotherham, S66 7BN · 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 2015Reference EY494405Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 27 February 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places89 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 20 May 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
70 High Street, Maltby, Rotherham, S66 7BN · More nurseries in S66
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including High Street/Grange Lane, High Street/Muglet Lane and Grange Lane/High Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Coronation Park2 min walk
- Coronation Park playground3 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.
What parents say
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Once Upon A Time Nursery is a full-day nursery at 70 High Street, Maltby, Rotherham, S66 7BN, in Maltby, Rotherham. It is registered for 89 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 11 reviews (November 2026).
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| Once Upon A Time NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Maltby Manor Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.3 miles
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Maltby) Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2022 0.4 miles
- Crags Community School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected February 2024 0.4 miles
- Maltby Lilly Hall Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.8 miles
- Hilltop School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 1.1 miles
- Maltby Redwood Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2022 1.2 miles
- Sutherland House School Braithwell ages 5–19 1.3 miles
- Maltby Academy Secondaryages 11–19Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.4 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 Once Upon A Time Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Once Upon A Time Nursery Good at its inspection on 27 February 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Once Upon A Time Nursery take?
Once Upon A Time Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 89 children at any one time.
How do I contact Once Upon A Time Nursery?
You can call 01709 818836 and visit www.onceuponatimenursery.org.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 EY494405 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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