Childcare in Derby (Derbyshire)
Derby (Derbyshire) has 17 day nurseries, 5 pre-schools, 11 school nursery classes, 9 childminders and 20 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 29 of them and rated 27 Good or better. 33 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. 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.
44 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 2026Opened ClubsComplete at Sale & Davys Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Progressive Melbourne Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened SEN- Fit CIC Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Closed The DEN Club Egginton Full day care
- Jun 2026Closed Activate Camps @ Repton Prep School Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Closed Progressive Kids Findern Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Ashbrook Activity Camp Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Premier Camps @ Heath Fields Primary School Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Shardlow Activity Camp Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Progressive Kids Findern EYFS Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Opened The DEN club Willington Full day care
- Jun 2025Opened Premier Breakfast Club @ Melbourne Infs Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Derby (Derbyshire)
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Derby (Derbyshire) take funded hours?
15 of the 62 settings in Derby (Derbyshire) 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Derby (Derbyshire) take babies?
44 settings in Derby (Derbyshire) 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 Derby (Derbyshire)?
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 Derby (Derbyshire)
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.