What Ofsted grade does Playdays Nursery have?

Playdays Nursery has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 14 May 2026. Its most common grade is expected standard in 5 of 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.

How many children can Playdays Nursery take?

Ofsted registers Playdays Nursery for 51 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Barnsley has 57.

How much does Playdays Nursery cost?

Playdays Nursery sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in Yorkshire and the Humber charges £156 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.

Does Playdays Nursery offer 30 hours free childcare?

Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Playdays Nursery how it offers them.

When was Playdays Nursery last inspected?

Ofsted last inspected Playdays Nursery on 14 May 2026. The full report is on the Ofsted website.

Which nurseries are near Playdays Nursery?

Nearby in S72: Sidcop Road Community Nursery, Wonderland Nursery, Groots Childcare Hub 1 (Birkwood Primary School).

Playdays Nursery

Day nursery in Barnsley, S72.

Playdays Nursery, Elizabeth Street, Grimethorpe, Barnsley, S72 7HZ

51 places

2024 registered with Ofsted

11 of 55 in our Barnsley ranking

£118 a week, 50 hours for a 3 year old, Yorkshire and the Humber average

What Ofsted found

Expected standard in 5 of 6 Inspected 14 May 2026

Ofsted report card for Playdays Nursery
Area	Grade	What the grade means
Inclusion	Strong standard	Better than the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Curriculum and teaching	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Achievement	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Behaviour, attitudes and routines	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Children’s welfare and well-being	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Leadership and governance	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Safeguarding	Met	Ofsted found the nursery keeps children safe in the ways the law requires.

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What a place could cost

Playdays Nursery sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in Yorkshire and the Humber, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.

Child's age	You pay a week	About a month
From 9 months to 2	£126	£400
2 years old	£124	£392
3 to 4 years old	£118	£374

A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.

Playdays Nursery against Barnsley

	Playdays Nursery	Barnsley average
Places	51	57
Ofsted outcome	Expected standard in 5 of 6	76% rated Good or better

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Questions parents ask about Playdays Nursery

What Ofsted grade does Playdays Nursery have?: Playdays Nursery has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 14 May 2026. Its most common grade is expected standard in 5 of 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.
How many children can Playdays Nursery take?: Ofsted registers Playdays Nursery for 51 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Barnsley has 57.
How much does Playdays Nursery cost?: Playdays Nursery sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in Yorkshire and the Humber charges £156 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
Does Playdays Nursery offer 30 hours free childcare?: Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Playdays Nursery how it offers them.
When was Playdays Nursery last inspected?: Ofsted last inspected Playdays Nursery on 14 May 2026. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
Which nurseries are near Playdays Nursery?: Nearby in S72: Sidcop Road Community Nursery, Wonderland Nursery, Groots Childcare Hub 1 (Birkwood Primary School).

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.