Brierley Field Children's Nursery
Good★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Sheffield for children from birth to 8+, open 07:15 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2017, with 70 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Sheffield
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Sheffield from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
S8 7UTWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
- 25 February 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 20 February 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 28 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled. They enjoy attending this clean, welcoming and homely nursery. Children build close bonds and sound relationships with their friends and the staff. This helps all children to feel safe and secure. Children like exploring and investigating the activities and good selection of clean toys on offer at the nursery. Babies take pleasure in catching bubbles, and younger children enjoy making pictures with pom-poms. Older children relish playing doctors with their friends.
Children learn to manage their feelings and regulate their behaviour, with effective support from staff. They listen intently to staff and follow instructions. Children are engaged in purposeful play and show they are developing good levels of attention.
Staff support them to be independent. For instance, older children collect their plates of food and take them to the table. Younger children take their coats off and hang them on their pegs.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- implement plans to develop the outdoor area to enable children who prefer to learn outdoors to benefit from even more stimulating outdoor learning experiences n build on staff's questioning techniques to enable children to have more time to think, respond and demonstrate what they know and understand.
- 28 February 2023Good
- 16 April 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Brierley Field Children's Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
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