Childcare in Penistone
Penistone has 1 day nursery. 1 has never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Barnsley there are 29 places per 100 children under five, worse supplied than England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Barnsley, divided by the children aged 0 to 4 who live there at the 2021 Census. It compares areas; it is not a count of free places today. It also leaves out the 60 school nursery classes across Barnsley, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
1 setting match. Search by postcode to sort them by how far they really are.
What has changed here
Ofsted does not publish closures, so we work them out by comparing releases. Worth knowing if you are working from an old list.
- Dec 2025Opened Little Ray of Sunshine Daycare Full day care
What people ask about childcare in Penistone
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Penistone take babies?
1 settings in Penistone are registered to take children under two. Ofsted's register does not say whether a setting runs a baby room or has space in it, so ring before you plan around it.
Is it hard to get a nursery place in Penistone?
Barnsley has 29 registered childcare places for every 100 children under five, against 32 across England. That is registered capacity rather than free places, so it compares areas rather than telling you what is available this week.
Towns close to Penistone
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.