Full-day nursery in Highfield, Sheffield
Rainbow Rays Nursery LTD
Clough Bank House, Edmund Road, Sheffield, S2 4EL · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Clough Bank House, Edmund Road, Sheffield, S2 4EL · More nurseries in S2
Stations
- Park Grange Croft9 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Granville Rd - Sheffield College12 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Park Grange13 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
18 bus stops within 400 m, including Queens Road/Heeley Bank Road, Shoreham Street/Cherry Street and Queens Road/Edmund Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Lowfield Park5 min walk
- Batt Street Square8 min walk
- Black Bank9 min walk
- Mount Pleasant Park9 min walk
- Heeley People's Park10 min walk
- 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 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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Rainbow Rays Nursery LTD is a full-day nursery at Clough Bank House, Edmund Road, Sheffield, S2 4EL, in Highfield, Sheffield. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.3 from 6 reviews (November 2026).
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| Rainbow Rays Nursery LTDThis 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
- Lowfield Community Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2022 0.4 miles
- Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.4 miles
- Anns Grove Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2020 0.5 miles
- Porter Croft Church of England Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.8 miles
- Springfield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.9 miles
- Norfolk Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.9 miles
- Broomhall Nursery School Nurseryages 3–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected September 2023 0.9 miles
- Grace Owen Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2023 1.0 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 Rainbow Rays Nursery LTD's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Rainbow Rays Nursery LTD Good at its inspection on 8 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Rainbow Rays Nursery LTD take?
Rainbow Rays Nursery LTD is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Rainbow Rays Nursery LTD?
Park Grange Croft is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Rainbow Rays Nursery LTD?
You can call 0114 272 0259 and visit rainbowraysnursery.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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2669513 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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