Full-day nursery in New Village, Doncaster
Smiley Faces Nursery
Bently Childrens Centre, 104 The Avenue, Bentley, Doncaster, DN5 0NP · 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 August 2017Reference EY547593Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 28 June 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 20 August 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
Bently Childrens Centre, 104 The Avenue, Bentley, Doncaster, DN5 0NP · More nurseries in DN5
Stations
- Bentley (S Yorks)19 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including The Avenue/Alexandra Street, The Avenue/Elm Crescent and The Avenue/Edward Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Bentley Park10 min walk
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground10 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground12 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 Doncaster there are about 4.4 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.
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Smiley Faces Nursery is a full-day nursery at Bently Childrens Centre, 104 The Avenue, Bentley, Doncaster, DN5 0NP, in New Village, Doncaster. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Bentley New Village Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected October 2024 under 0.1 miles
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.4 miles
- Arksey Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.5 miles
- Bentley High Street Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected November 2024 1.0 miles
- Toll Bar Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected July 2025 1.1 miles
- Kirkby Avenue Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 1.3 miles
- Scawthorpe Sunnyfields Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 1.4 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Smiley Faces Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Smiley Faces Nursery Good at its inspection on 28 June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
What is the nearest station to Smiley Faces Nursery?
Bentley (S Yorks) is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Smiley Faces Nursery?
You can call 01302 873165.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY547593 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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