Full-day nursery in Monk Bretton, Barnsley
Playdays Nursery
Burton Road, Barnsley, S71 2JS · 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 April 2024Reference 2785324Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 6 August 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places61 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 14 May 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
Burton Road, Barnsley, S71 2JS · More nurseries in S71
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including High Street/Well Lane, High Street/Silverdale Drive and High Street/St Helens Way.
Parks and playgrounds
- Monk Bretton Memorial Garden6 min walk
- Monk Bretton Park9 min walk
- Dearne Valley Park12 min walk
- Playground7 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 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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Playdays Nursery is a full-day nursery at Burton Road, Barnsley, S71 2JS, in Monk Bretton, Barnsley. It is registered for 61 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.7 from 3 reviews (October 2026). It is run by PLAYDAYS NURSERY GRIMETHORPE LLP.
Run by PLAYDAYS NURSERY GRIMETHORPE LLP (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playdays NurseryThis nursery | Good | 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
- Lift St Helen's Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2024 0.3 miles
- Outwood Primary Academy Littleworth Grange Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2024 0.5 miles
- Springwell Alternative Academy ages 4–16Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.7 miles
- Springwell Special Academy ages 5–16Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2022 0.7 miles
- Burton Road Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 0.8 miles
- Holy Trinity Catholic and Church of England School All-throughages 3–16has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected April 2025 0.9 miles
- Carlton Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 1.3 miles
- Athersley South Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 1.3 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 Playdays Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Playdays Nursery Good at its inspection on 6 August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Playdays Nursery take?
Playdays Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 61 children at any one time.
Who runs Playdays Nursery?
Playdays Nursery is run by PLAYDAYS NURSERY GRIMETHORPE LLP, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Playdays Nursery?
Barnsley is the nearest station we know of, 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Playdays Nursery?
You can call 01226 397893.
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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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2785324 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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