Nurtured @ Balby

Sunningdale Road, Sandford Road, Balby, Doncaster DN4 8DR
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9.9 23 Reviews
  • Nurtured @ Balby, Doncaster
For more than two decades, the Balby Nursery has been at the heart of the local community, providing high-quality early years care and education to families in the area. Situated in the well-loved area of Balby, the nursery is conveniently close to local amenities and benefits from excellent transport connections, making it easily accessible for parents and carers.

The setting operates from a purpose-built building designed specifically with young children in mind. The nursery features bright, spacious and carefully resourced rooms tailored to babies, toddlers and pre-school children. Each space is thoughtfully arranged to create an engaging and supportive environment that promotes learning and development across all areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Children also enjoy access to generous, secure outdoor play areas that encourage exploration, physical activity and outdoor learning experiences. Supported by a passionate and dedicated staff team, every child is nurtured in a warm and caring atmosphere.

The Balby Nursery, is proud to provide a safe, joyful and inspiring environment where children can build confidence, develop curiosity and flourish every day.
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Funding & Fees

Half day 8.30-1.00 or 1.00-5.30 £30


Full day 8.30-5.30 £54.00


Full time 8.00-5.30 Monday - Friday £260.00
Can book in from 7.00 am


7.00-7.30 £7.00
7.30-8.00-£7.00
8.00-8.30 £4.00

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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Kerry Mitchell (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 26

Total Places for Children

  • 100

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:00-18:00
    Tuesday 07:00-18:00
    Wednesday 07:00-18:00
    Thursday 07:00-18:00
    Friday 07:00-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas

Nurtured @ Balby Reviews (23)

9.9

Nurtured @ Balby has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.898) out of 10, based on 23 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Nurtured @ Balby has 23 reviews.

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Review from C D (Mother of Child) published on 6 November 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I couldn't be happier with our experience at Nurtured Nursery in Balby. The teachers are warm, patient, and genuinely care about the children. The environment is clean, safe, and full of engaging activities that help kids learn through play. My child has become more confident and independent since joining.
Communication with parents is excellent - I always know what my child is learning and how their day went. Highly recommend!
Reply from Rebecca Casserly, Operations Director at Nurtured @ BalbyThank you for taking the time to send your lovely review of Nurtured @ Balby. We are looking forward to sharing your wonderful feedback with the team, I'm sure this will make them smile. :)
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Review from Liam C (Father of Child) published on 28 October 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our daughter attended BBDN (now Nurtured @ Balby) from ages 10 months to 4 years, and I can confidently say the team here really care about the children. Nothing was too much for Kerry, Sharon, Natalie - every member of staff during our time with them cared for our daughter as if she was family.
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miss the entire team and are incredibly thankful of our time with them, without them we surely would have missed some amazing developmental milestones that our girl achieved whilst at this day nursery.
Would 100% recommend them to friends and family, would definitely return here if our family grows (and the staff are the same!), and wish the team all the best in the future.
Thanks for everything!
Reply from Rebecca Casserly, Operations Director at Nurtured @ BalbyThank you so much for your beautiful review of the nursery and team. We really appreciate your feedback and we hope that should your family grows, we get to care for any potential little ones again.
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Review from Jamie B (Father of Child) published on 27 October 2025 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been attending Nurtured@Balby for the past two years, and I honestly couldn't be happier with the care and education she's received. From the very beginning, the staff have been absolutely amazing-so warm, welcoming, and genuinely passionate about what they do.
The teaching is impeccable,
and it's been incredible to see how much my daughter has learned and grown during her time there. She's developed not only academically but socially as well, forming beautiful friendships and growing in confidence every day.
One of the highlights for me as a parent is being able to walk in at collection time and see her face light up with happiness-it's such a reassuring and special moment. It's clear that she feels safe, loved, and truly nurtured.
I can't recommend Nurtured@Balby highly enough. It's a wonderful, caring environment that gives children the best possible start. Thank you all
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.898)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.898) out of 10 for Nurtured @ Balby is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 23 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 23 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.898 for Nurtured @ Balby is calculated as follows: ( (256 Excellents x 5) + (11 Goods x 4) + (7 Satisfactorys x 3) + (1 Poors x 2) ) ÷ 275 Ratings = 4.898
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Nurtured @ Balby is based on 23 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 20 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews, 0.05 Points for the next five Positive Reviews, and finally 0.025 Points for the next ten Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.050, 7th = 0.050, 8th = 0.050, 9th = 0.050, 10th = 0.050, 11th = 0.025, 12th = 0.025, 13th = 0.025, 14th = 0.025, 15th = 0.025, 16th = 0.025, 17th = 0.025, 18th = 0.025, 19th = 0.025, 20th = 0.025) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.05 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 + 0.025 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 100 number of registered child places is 20, which has been reached with 23 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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