Brookfields Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Derby for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2013, with 41 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Up to 30 hours of free childcare for 3 or 4 year olds; up to 15 hours free childcare for eligible 2 year olds.
Worth knowing. The funding can be used term time only where you can access 15 or 30 hours per week or if you would like to stretch the funding throughout the holidays the weekly hours will be 11 or 22 hours per week depending on the funding you are using. Our Consumable charges are priced at £6 for half days or £12 for full days. These charges are optional and do not affect access to the funded hours.
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
DE65 5ELWhat 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, 9 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff greet children warmly as they arrive and help children to feel safe and secure.
Children are happy as they move confidently around the nursery, choosing what they wish to play with. They build close relationships with staff. Toddlers snuggle close to staff and listen to a story about farm animals. Staff encourage the children to press the buttons on the book. The children laugh and giggle and show their enjoyment of listening to the story, which helps to develop their listening skills.
Staff have high expectations for all children. They provide a variety of interesting opportunities, which children enjoy. Children become fully engaged in their learning. For example, children make potions using water and flowers. Children concentrate well and eagerly take part in the activity. Staff help to ignite their imaginations as they talk about magical potions together.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to extend their understanding of how to help children develop their thinking skills and solve problems for themselves n support staff to use consistent and effective questioning techniques in order to further extend children's speaking skills.
- 9 May 2023Good
- 14 July 2017Good
- 5 March 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Brookfields Day 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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