Elsecar Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Barnsley for babies from 6 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:30 to 16:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2017, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours free funded childcare for children aged two who are eligible for Two Year Funded sessions (TYE) and free funded childcare for children aged three and four who are entitled to either 15 or 30 hours Early Education Funded sessions (EEF).
Worth knowing. 15 hours free funded childcare can be booked across 5 morning sessions or 5 afternoon sessions or 2 full days. 30 hours free funded childcare can be booked across 4 full days.
What childcare usually costs in Barnsley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Barnsley 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
S74 8HSWhat 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.
Ofsted inspector, 22 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Leaders value parents' role in their children's early learning and work closely with families to give children the best possible start in life. For example, information sessions help parents to better understand how to support children's health and well-being and to contribute to their early education. Additional funding is used well, for example, to ensure that children have nutritious meals. There is a clear priority in the nursery to build children's confidence and support their emotional well-being. Staff form warm relationships with children and provide personalised support for children with a wide range of needs. They support all children very well to be healthy, to feel safe and secure and to be ready to learn.
The curriculum is centred around children's interests. Staff provide a balance of adult-led activities and opportunities for independent play. This contributes to children's motivation, and they are consistently engrossed in their learning. Staff know what children need to learn next. They involve themselves in children's play to help them to learn more. This contributes to the good progress that all children make. Children are curious and eager to learn. For example, they talk excitedly about the changes they see while observing ice as it melts. They enjoy searching for creatures in the garden and checking them off their list.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance children's opportunities to explore and experiment during creative activities n monitor and review the arrangements for professional development and focus more precisely on continuously building on the already good quality of education.
- 22 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 19 March 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Elsecar Nursery
- What it costs
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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