Scallywags Nursery & Pre-School Limited
Good★ 3.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Sheffield for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 October 2022. Open since 2003, with 101 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
S7 1HQWhat 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, 14 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children's health and safety is maintained well. They are continually supervised and supported in their play by the effectively deployed staff team. Staff also implement improved risk assessments to ensure potential hazards are identified and minimised. Managers have identified a clear curriculum, which supports children to develop a range of skills over time. For example, staff help babies to learn to wash their hands in portable sink units. As children progress through the nursery, children are encouraged to develop increasing independence with their hand washing. Staff review how children are washing their hands to ensure they are doing this effectively. This helps to maintain their good health.
Children's ongoing learning is supported well as staff provide them with an interesting range of valuable experiences. For example, staff help babies to develop their core muscle strength as they provide them with opportunities to crawl up and down low-level ramps. Carefully positioned low level furniture also enables babies to pull themselves up to standing positions and cruise around the furniture, when learning to walk. Toddlers learn to sit and listen during fun group time activities.
They are encouraged to wait for their turn as they choose a visual prompt, which depicts which song they would like to sing. Toddlers giggle together as they learn action songs, such as 'The Hokey Cokey'. Older children are supported to take turns as they develop their physical skills when practising throwing a basketball into a hoop. They listen and watch as staff teach them to 'throw it high to the sky'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide consistent opportunities for children to develop and use their home language in play and learning n support all staff to allow children enough time to think and respond so they can share their own knowledge and thoughts.
- 14 October 2022Good
- 6 February 2018Good
- 10 January 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Scallywags Nursery & Pre-School Limited
- 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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