Blue Grass Purple Cow Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Hayfield for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 8am to 6pm. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2023. Open since 2014, with 63 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Free Early Education Entitlement, including the working family entitlement for children aged nine months and over, Assessment Based Funding for ages two and above, Universal 15 Hours Funding, and Extended 30 Hours Funding.
Worth knowing. Meals and consumable items are not covered by Early Years Funding; from 1st September 2026 meals and snacks charged at £14.25 per day for funded attendance, consumables provided free; food policy does not permit ANY food to be brought into Nursery; funded sessions offered Mondays to Fridays subject to availability; funding stretched over a full year.
What childcare usually costs in Derbyshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Derbyshire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
SK22 2JJWhat 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, 19 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff ensure that children are welcomed into a safe and exceptionally wellresourced environment. Parents comment that their children do not turn around and wave, as they are so eager to meet their friends and learn. The manager supports staff to have a highly effective key-person system. Staff follow children's interests and work closely with parents. Children quickly form secure bonds with staff. Children are busy and full of excitement at the freedom they have to develop their curiosity. Babies confidently explore the environment around them, discovering a variety of activities provided within a stimulating outdoor garden. The older children relish the openness of the outdoor space. Staff set up the outdoor space well to create an area of excitement and fun. They set up obstacle courses, which supports the planned day theme of water. The children work as a team and develop their understanding of the word collaborative, which is well used in context by both children and staff.
Staff ensure that children are provided with the highest level of activities based on their curriculum for children's physical development. Staff support children to have a deep understanding of how their bodies work by giving them cool-down times after being physically active. Staff enable children to work together to carry out their own thinking about how to do things. Staff teach children to be independent from an early age. They encourage the children to wash their hands; babies can put their own bibs on, and the older children change themselves from wet to dry clothes.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - strengthen the consistency of mealtimes, particularly how food is prepared for babies for different meals during weaning stages n support staff who engage with older children to enhance children's criticalthinking skills, providing time for children to think before they respond to questions n review the organisation of circle times so that the youngest children have better experiences to build their concentration skills.
- 19 July 2023Good
- 13 December 2017Good
- 9 September 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Blue Grass Purple Cow Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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.
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