Full-day nursery in Bents Green, Sheffield
SWK Whiteley Woods
Whiteley Wood Outdoor Activity Centre, Common Lane, Sheffield, S11 7TG · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
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Getting there
Whiteley Wood Outdoor Activity Centre, Common Lane, Sheffield, S11 7TG · More nurseries in S11
Parks and playgrounds
- Common Lane Open Space2 min walk
- Forge Dam Park8 min walk
- Goole Green10 min walk
- Forge Dam Playground9 min walk
© 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.
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SWK Whiteley Woods is a full-day nursery at Whiteley Wood Outdoor Activity Centre, Common Lane, Sheffield, S11 7TG, in Bents Green, Sheffield. It is registered for 64 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by Sheffield Woodland Kindergarten Ltd.
Run by Sheffield Woodland Kindergarten Ltd (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Nether Green Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2023 0.7 miles
- Nether Green Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Ecclesall Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.8 miles
- Clifford All Saints CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected October 2021 0.9 miles
- Hallam Nursery & Primary School Primaryages 3–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected June 2025 1.1 miles
- Greystones Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2022 1.2 miles
- Mylnhurst Preparatory School and Nursery ages 2–11has a nursery class 1.3 miles
- Dobcroft Nursery Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2021 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 SWK Whiteley Woods's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated SWK Whiteley Woods Outstanding at its inspection on 18 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can SWK Whiteley Woods take?
SWK Whiteley Woods is registered with Ofsted for up to 64 children at any one time.
Who runs SWK Whiteley Woods?
SWK Whiteley Woods is run by Sheffield Woodland Kindergarten Ltd, which runs 2 nurseries.
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2742774 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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