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Nurseries in Barnsley

There are 67 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Barnsley, and 26 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Barnsley

  • Ofsted report cards: 13 settings (34 Strong standard, 32 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention, 6 Urgent improvement)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 50 settings (12 Outstanding, 38 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Childminders and home childcarers

  • 147 registered childminders in Barnsley (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)
  • 16 registered home childcarers in Barnsley (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)

Childminders look after children in their own homes. We show how many are registered, not who they are.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Athersley Family Centre - Pre-school, Barnsley S71 3NB, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 27 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Be Our Guest Yorkshire - Day nursery, Barnsley S73 9LT, ages 1 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted report card, 23 July 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Birdwell Playgroup - Pre-school, Barnsley S70 5XB, ages 2 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 11 December 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Brierley Playmates Pre-School Nursery - Pre-school, Barnsley S72 9HN, ages 3 to 4, 25 places
    Ofsted, 16 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Busy Bees Penistone - Day nursery, Sheffield S36 6AR, ages 0 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted, 12 September 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cawthorne Children's Centre - Day nursery, Barnsley S75 4HB, ages 2 to 4, 55 places
    Ofsted, 21 October 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cawthorne Road Day Nursery - Day nursery, Barnsley S75 1LQ, ages 0 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 30 January 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chatterbox Children's Academy - Day nursery, Barnsley S70 5TU, ages 0 to 4, 62 places
    Ofsted, 2 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Child's Play Day Nursery Penistone - Day nursery, Sheffield S36 9AW, ages 0 to 9, 57 places
    Ofsted, 3 October 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cliff Nursery - Day nursery, Barnsley S75 4JS, ages 0 to 11, 114 places
    Ofsted, 21 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Curiosity Cottage (Athersley) - Day nursery, Barnsley S71 3AQ, 111 places
  • Daisy Chain Pre School - Day nursery, Sheffield S36 9RD, ages 2 to 11, 26 places
    Ofsted, 10 June 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Darfield Family Centre Nursery - Day nursery, Barnsley S73 9EU, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 26 September 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Dearne Family Centre - Pre-school, Rotherham S63 8ES, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 20 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Elsecar Nursery - Day nursery, Barnsley S74 8HS, ages 0 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 22 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Fenwood House Day Nursery Birdwell - Day nursery, Birdwell, Barnsley S70 5TF, ages 0 to 4, 43 places
    Ofsted report card, 16 June 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Fenwood House Day Nursery Mapplewell - Day nursery, Barnsley S75 6FW, ages 0 to 4, 54 places
    Ofsted report card, 17 February 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Forward Steps (Yorkshire) Ltd - Day nursery, Barnsley S73 8TU, ages 0 to 4, 42 places
    Ofsted, 11 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Gawber Preschool - Day nursery, Barnsley S75 2RJ, ages 2 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 26 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Groots Childcare Hub 1 (Birkwood Primary School) - Day nursery, Barnsley S72 8HG, ages 4 to 11, 14 places
    Ofsted report card, 20 August 2026: Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Groots Childcare Hub 2 (Heather Garth Primary Academy) - Day nursery, Rotherham S63 8ES, 30 places
  • Growing Wild Outdoor Nursery - Day nursery, Barnsley S70 5NQ, ages 2 to 4
    Ofsted, 13 January 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hopscotch Nursery - Day nursery, Barnsley S71 5PN, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted report card, 19 August 2026: Urgent improvement in 6 areas; safeguarding standards not met
  • Kabuki Child Care Centre - Day nursery, Barnsley S70 2FL, ages 0 to 4, 97 places
    Ofsted, 6 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kendray & Worsbrough Sure Start - Day nursery, Barnsley S70 4BD, ages 2 to 4, 33 places
    Ofsted, 10 September 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kids World Dearne - Day nursery, Rotherham S63 9PG, ages 1 to 2, 15 places
    Ofsted, 5 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kids World Goldthorpe - Day nursery, Rotherham S63 9PG, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 27 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kids World Wombwell - Day nursery, Barnsley S73 8QS, ages 0 to 5, 36 places
    Ofsted, 5 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kip McGrath Education Centre Barnsley South - Day nursery, Barnsley S70 5AJ
  • Leap Ahead Day Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, Barnsley S75 6AL, ages 1 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted, 15 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Acorns Nursery - Day nursery, Barnsley S70 5HJ, ages 1 to 10, 28 places
    Ofsted, 19 March 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Cobs Daycare - Day nursery, Barnsley S74 8DA, 42 places
  • Little Explorers Community Nursery Blackerhill - Day nursery, Barnsley S74 0RL, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 28 November 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Freddies Nursery School - Day nursery, Sheffield S36 6HD, ages 1 to 11, 73 places
    Ofsted, 23 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Jo's Day Nursery and Pre-School - Day nursery, Barnsley S70 1TH, ages 0 to 4, 72 places
    Ofsted, 25 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • LITTLE JO'S DAY NURSERY LTD - Day nursery, Barnsley S70 1TH, ages 0 to 4, 72 places
    Ofsted report card, 4 August 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Little Nippers Preschool - Pre-school, Barnsley S71 4EP, ages 2 to 4, 22 places
    Ofsted, 15 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Ray of Sunshine Daycare - Day nursery, Penistone S36 9UY, ages 10 to 46, 44 places
    Ofsted report card, 25 August 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Little Roos Private Nursery LTD - Day nursery, Barnsley S70 2NZ, ages 0 to 10, 140 places
    Ofsted, 19 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Marys Little Lambs Childcare - Pre-school, Barnsley S72 7BB, 80 places
    Ofsted, 7 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Marys Little Lambs Cudworth - Pre-school, Barnsley S72 8UQ, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
    Ofsted, 24 November 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Marys Little Lambs Staincross - Pre-school, Barnsley S75 6DJ, ages 0 to 4, 110 places
    Ofsted, 8 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Marys Little Lambs Wombwell - Pre-school, barnsley S73 0LY, ages 0 to 4, 86 places
    Ofsted report card, 23 February 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Mini Me's Nursery Barnsley - Day nursery, Barnsley S71 1LQ, ages 0 to 4, 126 places
    Ofsted, 21 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Playdays Nursery - Day nursery, Barnsley S72 7HZ, ages 0 to 4, 51 places
    Ofsted report card, 14 May 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Playdays Nursery - Day nursery, Barnsley S71 2JS, ages 1 to 4, 61 places
    Ofsted, 6 August 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Railway Children Nursery Jump - Day nursery, Barnsley S74 0HZ, ages 0 to 4, 75 places
    Ofsted report card, 2 March 2026: Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Rainbow Day Care Hoyland - Day nursery, Barnsley S74 9QS, ages 0 to 4
    Ofsted, 14 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rascalz - Day nursery, Sheffield S36 6HH, ages 0 to 11, 60 places
    Ofsted, 12 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sandpit Nursery - Day nursery, Barnsley S70 1AL, ages 1 to 4, 112 places
    Ofsted, 23 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Shining Stars Day Care - Day nursery, Barnsley S71 3PQ, ages 0 to 10, 106 places
    Ofsted report card, 28 May 2026: Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 2 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Sidcop Road Community Nursery - Day nursery, Barnsley S72 8TQ, ages 1 to 4, 55 places
    Ofsted, 21 October 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Silkstone Pre School Playgroup Ltd - Day nursery, Barnsley S75 4LR, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 6 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Station House - Pre-school, Rotherham S63 0BX, ages 2 to 11, 24 places
    Ofsted, 18 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St Joseph's Nursery - Day nursery, Barnsley S70 3QY, ages 0 to 4, 80 places
    Ofsted, 7 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St. Martins Day Nursery - Day nursery, Barnsley S71 5PN, ages 0 to 11, 70 places
    Ofsted, 16 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Hilltoppers - Day nursery, Rotherham S63 0DS, ages 0 to 4, 43 places
    Ofsted, 12 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Lime Trees at Bramton Cortonwood Infant School - Day nursery, Barnsley S73 0XH, ages 2 to 11, 15 places
    Ofsted report card, 3 June 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Thurgoland Childcare - Day nursery, Sheffield S35 7AL, ages 0 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted, 7 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Thurnscoe Family Centre - Pre-school, Barnsley S63 0JR, ages 2 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 2 October 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tots2teens Daycare - Day nursery, Barnsley S74 0ER, ages 2 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted, 4 October 2021: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Victoria Day Nursery - Day nursery, Barnsley S75 2AE, ages 0 to 5, 42 places
    Ofsted, 3 August 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Willow Day Nursery - Day nursery, Dodworth S75 3RF, ages 0 to 4, 62 places
    Ofsted report card, 22 July 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Willow Tree Daycare - Day nursery, Sheffield S36 9NN, ages 1 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 12 August 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Wise Owl Nursery & Pre School Ltd - Day nursery, Barnsley S71 4QP, ages 1 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted, 25 November 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Wonderland Nursery - Day nursery, Barnsley S72 8UT, ages 1 to 4, 89 places
    Ofsted, 16 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Worsbrough Common Rising Stars - Day nursery, Barnsley S70 4EB, ages 0 to 8, 63 places
    Ofsted, 1 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Awaken Education WAC - Lacewood - Out-of-school club, Rotherham S63 8DA
  • Barnsley Stagecoach - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S73 8FE
  • CampActive (Penistone) Limited - Millhouse Out Of School Club - Out-of-school club, Sheffield S36 9LN, 20 places
  • CampActive (Penistone) Limited - St John's Out Of School Club - Out-of-school club, Sheffield S36 6BS, 60 places
  • Cheeky Monkies Out of School Club - Out-of-school club, Wombwell, Barnsley S73 8QS, 21 places
  • Cool Kidz Meadstead - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S71 4JS, 30 places
  • Cool Kidz R Us Ltd - Out-of-school club, Royston S71 4NE, 60 places
  • Cool Kidz St Helen`s - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S71 2PS, 50 places
  • Extra Time Out of School Club - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S75 5AD, 30 places
  • Farmspace Barnsley CIC - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S75 4PR
  • Groots Childcare Hub 3 (Kexborough Primary School) - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S75 5EF, 30 places
  • Groots Childcare Hub 5 (Dodworth St Johns Primary) - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S75 3JS, 18 places
  • Groots Childcare Hub 6 (Oakhill Primary) - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S71 5AG, 18 places
  • Kip McGrath Education Centre Barnsley North - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S75 1HQ
  • Penistone Stagecoach - Out-of-school club, Sheffield S36 7BX
  • Playworks Shafton - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S72 8NH, 50 places
  • Railway Children After School Club - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S73 0PS, 11 places
  • SENSES Learning Hub - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S75 4BS
  • Sidcop Out of School Club - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S72 8TY, 24 places
  • Summer Lane Out of School Club - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S75 2BB, 23 places
  • Sunbeams Fun Club - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S75 2DF, 24 places
  • Thurgoland Out Of School Club - Out-of-school club, Sheffield S35 7AA, 26 places
  • Wakitu Kids - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S75 1AQ, 30 places
  • Wakitu Kids - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S75 1LD, 25 places
  • Wakitu Kids - Bolton Upon Dearne - Out-of-school club, Rotherham S63 8BA, 15 places
  • Wakitu Kids - Laithes Primary School - Out-of-school club, Barnsley S71 3AF, 20 places

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Towns in Barnsley

Schools in Barnsley

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.