Childcare in Belper
Belper has 5 day nurseries, 6 pre-schools, 4 school nursery classes, 5 childminders and 6 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 13 of them and rated 12 Good or better. 13 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Of those that publish a price, a full day runs from £41 to £70, typically £47. Across Derbyshire there are 31 places per 100 children under five, about the same as England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Derbyshire, divided by the children aged 0 to 4 who live there at the 2021 Census. It compares areas; it is not a count of free places today. It also leaves out the 167 school nursery classes across Derbyshire, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
3 settings match. Search by postcode to sort them by how far they really are.
What has changed here
Ofsted does not publish closures, so we work them out by comparing releases. Worth knowing if you are working from an old list.
- Jun 2025Opened Long Row Zest Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Opened Holbrook Pre-School Sessional day care
- Jun 2025Opened Primary KidZ Care & St Johns Primary School and Nursery Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Closed Holbrook Pre-School Sessional day care
- Jun 2025Closed Duffield Preschool Sessional day care
- Jun 2025Closed Premier After School Club @ Long Row Primary Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Belper
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
How much does nursery cost in Belper?
Of the 6 full-day rates published by settings in Belper, the typical price is £47 a day, ranging from £41 to £70. These are prices the settings publish themselves, not an average of quotes.
Which nurseries in Belper take funded hours?
7 of the 26 settings in Belper are recorded as taking the government funded hours. Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.
Which nurseries in Belper take babies?
18 settings in Belper are registered to take children under two. Ofsted's register does not say whether a setting runs a baby room or has space in it, so ring before you plan around it.
Is it hard to get a nursery place in Belper?
Derbyshire has 31 registered childcare places for every 100 children under five, against 32 across England. That is registered capacity rather than free places, so it compares areas rather than telling you what is available this week.
Towns close to Belper
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.