Bramblewood Day Nursery
Good★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Swadlincote for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2022. Open since 2019, with 41 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
DE11 9AZWhat 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, 5 August 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy in this friendly, welcoming nursery. They safely move around the rooms and outside, choosing what they want to play with from a wide range of toys and resources. Babies giggle and smile as they make noises, banging toys together. Staff encourage them to repeat the actions to popular nursery rhymes and shake musical instruments. Toddlers snuggle close to staff and listen to a story about parts of their body. Staff encourage them to find their body parts and toddlers know they have two eyes and one nose.
Children have a positive attitude to their learning. Pre-school children are eager to play outside. They thoroughly enjoy playing with bubbles. Staff support children to blow bubbles and compare the sizes as the bubbles glide up into the sky. Children learn to squeeze spray bottles and use their finger and thumb. They scream with delight as the water spurts out and hits the wall. This helps to strengthen the small muscles in their hands which they will eventually need in order to use zips and hold a crayon to draw.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- give children more time to consider their responses to questions to help them develop their speaking skills and express their own ideas more effectively n review the implementation of group times in the pre-school room to maximise the learning opportunities for every child.
- 5 August 2022Good
- 11 August 2021Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bramblewood Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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