Highgate Day Nursery
Good★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Sheffield for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 19:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 2017, with 113 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
S13 9BHWhat 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.
- 6 February 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 29 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff place a strong emphasis on supporting children's small-muscle development throughout the nursery. For example, babies use pencils and crayons to make marks on paper. They explore different textures, such as rice, foam and sand.
Toddlers enjoy the sensory experience of dough as they squeeze, flatten and roll this material with their hands. They also use tools, such as dough cutters and rolling pins, to make different figures. Toddlers show their mathematical knowledge as they describe their shape as a rectangle.
Staff use words and actions consistently in all rooms to support children's early communication and language skills. They have a word of the week, such as 'soft'
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the support for staff to understand how to engage babies and toddlers more during focused activities to build on what they need to learn next n continue to monitor staff's practice to enhance the already good quality of education to consistently benefit children further.
- 29 October 2024Good
- 22 February 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Highgate Day 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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