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St Joseph's Nursery in Barnsley

Ofsted: Good
(Feb 2025)
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4.4(11 parent reviews)
·St. Josephs Day Nursery, 221 Doncaster Road, BARNSLEY, S70 3QY · Barnsley
Number of places
80 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2025
Local authority
Barnsley

About this day nursery

St Joseph's Day Nursery & Pre-School, established in 1998, upholds strong principles of providing exceptional care and educational experiences for young children. The nursery is renowned for its highly skilled team of Early Years Practitioners who are dedicated to fostering a stimulating and vibrant learning environment, both indoors and outdoors.

Children are encouraged to be self-motivated and make independent choices from a wide array of play and learning opportunities. The nursery places a high value on collaborative relationships with parents, actively involving them in their child's developmental journey and individual learning needs.

Staff are committed to understanding and integrating children's diverse cultural backgrounds into the learning experience, promoting a sense of community and empathy. St Joseph's maintains high expectations for every child, ensuring they rapidly acquire new skills and achieve significant progress in their learning and development.

Our ethos

St Joseph's Day Nursery & Pre-School is committed to providing exceptional care and educational experiences, fostering a stimulating and vibrant learning environment. Children are encouraged to be self-motivated and make independent choices, with a strong emphasis on collaborative relationships with parents and integrating children's diverse cultural backgrounds into the learning experience. The nursery aims for high expectations, ensuring children rapidly acquire new skills and achieve significant progress.

What it's like

Children are eager to come to the setting and are well cared for, feeling safe and having a sense of belonging. Staff create a stimulating environment with a wide range of experiences and activities, fostering enthusiastic learners. Leaders design an ambitious curriculum focused on communication and language, with staff offering a clear routine and engaging children in core stories and rhymes to develop a love of reading.

Established 1998Highly skilled practitionersStrong parent partnershipsStimulating learning environment

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
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Key facts

Session types

Morning Sessions - 8am-1pm, Afternoon Session - 1pm-6pm

Opening hours

Mon-Fri - 8am-6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for St Joseph's Nursery

Last inspected 7 February 2025 · Caroline Brooks

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children are eager to come to the setting and are well cared for, feeling safe and having a sense of belonging. Staff create a stimulating environment with a wide range of experiences and activities, fostering enthusiastic learners. Leaders design an ambitious curriculum focused on communication and language, with staff offering a clear routine and engaging children in core stories and rhymes to develop a love of reading.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are eager to come to the setting and are well cared for.
  • Staff create a stimulating and well-organised environment with a wide range of experiences and activities.
  • Leaders design a sequenced and ambitious curriculum that focuses on children's communication and language.
  • Interactions between staff and children are affectionate and consistent, with clear expectations for behaviour.
  • Staff promote children's healthy lifestyles and choices, offering opportunities for physical play and exploration.

Areas to develop

  • 1give children more opportunities to hear words clearly, process information and recognise familiar words and names
  • 2support staff to sequence children's learning more precisely during planned activities.
Inspection #10380619 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

they could not speak more highly of the setting

it is a 'home from home.'

they feel welcome, and that staff share information in daily conversations, termly reports and at parents' evenings.

they appreciate the 'endless support' and help.

their children make excellent progress, especially in their language and communication.

their children develop kindness and a sense of community.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders collaborate with other professionals to support children and families, especially children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Outdoor space

Children play outside each day and experience guided activities in small groups. They learn to balance and ride bicycles on the track, with staff playfully teaching them signals and signs.

Parent Reviews of St Joseph's Nursery

4.4
(11)
Savannah Rockstraw
a year ago

My daughter has been going to St Joseph's since she was 9 months and she absolutely loves it there. She's always smiling and happy to go in each day and never wants to come home. They have been helping her a lot to reach certain milestones and have been aiding in her development. It seems like each week she comes home with a new word or able to count higher in numbers. Each day we are given an account of her day (what she ate, how she did, etc. and very good with safegaurding and letting us know is she has a bump or scratch from the days play.) and there are parents days so we can see how she has been doing overall. Lots of activities and toys for the kids to play with and the food provided is great quality and variety. I would highly recommend this Nursery.

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Claire Pilling
a year ago

My son has attended St Joseph's Nursery since he was 5 months old and is currently in preschool their, he absolutely loves it, they have helped develop his communication skills, number skills and written skills. He loves all the Staff and feels part of the St Joseph's Nursery family. I would highly recommend St Joseph's to anyone, this is a great Nursery with great staff!

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Paris Dewson
a year ago

This nursery is terrible. My daughter used to go therewhen she was 4. She always looked sad or upset when I picked her up. She didn't want to go back Once I went to pick her up she looked so bad and face was so red becaus of crying for while. She didn't even talk to me or her dad the rest of day until day after she said the staff shouted at her very loudly and she was scared. We went back and complained and manager said yeah she got shouted because she didn't tidy up. The worst nursery ever

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Lauren Auckland
a year ago

My little boy has been attending since February 2023 and loves going. The staff are lovely and fees offer good value for money compared to some other nurseries in the borough

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Lauren Whiteley
7 years ago

Excellent nursery and fantastic staff. Would highly recommend.

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Inspection history

Date: March 2011

  • February 2025Good
  • June 2019Good
  • August 2013Outstanding
  • March 2011Good

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