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Worsbrough Common Rising Stars

GoodBirth to 8+Long established

A day nursery in Barnsley for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2025. Open since 2017, with 63 places.

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Cost

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 Barnsley

£6.00an hour, typical for a 2 years old
£6.00an hour, typical for a 3 and 4 years old

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.

The basics

Places, hours and the day

Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.

Who they can take
Birth to 8+Registered from birth. Whether there is a baby room is a question for the call.
When it's open
Open all day, usually 8am to 6pm
Funded hours
Not published, so ask them
How many children
63 placesLarge for England
How long open
9 yearsLong established
Address
Worsbrough Common Cp School, Bruce Avenue, Barnsley, S70 4EB

Where it is

S70 4EB
Ofsted URN EY551014On the register since 17 October 2017
Ofsted

What 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, 1 September 2025 · read the full report

What it is like to attend

Children make a positive start to their learning in this warm and nurturing nursery.

They build strong bonds with the staff who care for them and smoothly settle into nursery life. They make good progress overall and are well prepared for the next stage of their learning, including starting school. Staff use their knowledge of children's interests and abilities to develop their skills and understanding well overall. Babies and children develop fine motor skills, for example, through making and moulding their play dough, mark-making large patterns and shapes with thick chalk on the ground or drawing self-portraits with crayons. These, and other skills, lay the foundations for their observation skills and later writing development.

Staff help children to feel safe, to follow directions and behave well. Children rise to the high expectations of the staff. For instance, children politely work together and give each other directions as they develop and work on their balancing obstacle course or serve their own lunches and snacks. Children learn to assess their own risk as they develop their climbing skills in the well-resourced nursery garden.

What Ofsted told them to improve

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:

- strengthen the planning for children's mathematical learning so that their skills develop in a systematic and progressive way n focus staff's professional development on strengthening the quality of their interaction to deepen children's thinking and reasoning skills.

  • 1 September 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
  • 21 January 2020Good

Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.

Still missing for Worsbrough Common Rising Stars

  • 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.

Before you ring

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.
Compare

Day nurseries within a couple of miles

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Little Acorns Nursery

Day nursery · Vernon Road, Worsbrough, Barnsley, S70 5HJ

GoodBirth to 8+Open all day, usually 8am to 6pm28 placesOpen for decades
0.4 mi
9 min walk
01226 248123

St Joseph's Nursery

Day nursery · St. Josephs Day Nursery, 221 Doncaster Road, Barnsley, S70 3QY

GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Babies from 9 months08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week★ 4.4 Google, 1180 placesOpen for decades
0.8 mi
16 min walk
01226 290189Their website

Sandpit Nursery

Day nursery · 1st Safari Day Nurseries Ltd, Pitt Street, Barnsley, S70 1AL

GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Babies from 3 months07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week112 placesLong established
0.8 mi
16 min walk
01226 200696Their website

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Everything here comes from Ofsted's published childcare register, under the Open Government Licence. Ratings are quoted exactly as Ofsted gave them, with their dates. Read the full Ofsted reports · How we put this together.

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