Buxton Nursery Ltd
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Buxton for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2022, with 48 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
SK17 6QBWhat 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, 13 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in this nursery. At the start of a child's journey at the nursery, staff develop strong relationships with the children's parents and carers. The information that parents share about their child is used to make the child's introduction to nursery a positive and supportive experience. Staff very quickly get to know the children. Any concerns staff identify about a child's development are sensitively, but promptly raised with parents. Staff are keen to access any early help that the child might benefit from to slow down or prevent gaps in their learning and development from adversely affecting their progress.
Staff help children to understand what is expected of them and build upon children's existing knowledge and understanding. Children learn the nursery routines and follow the staff's prompts and instructions well. The youngest children understand that they wash their hands before they have a snack. The older children tidy up the room at an amazing speed and are quickly ready to sit and listen to one of their favourite stories.
Children are introduced to a wide range of experiences throughout the nursery to provoke their curiosity and support them to concentrate and persist until they are satisfied with what they want to achieve. For example, when they explore the ice and snow outside, staff talk to older children and describe the thawing process to them. The youngest children are gently introduced to the sensations of touching the ice.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide staff with more support to make sure that small-group learning sessions meet the learning objectives and extend children's learning n increase staff's understanding of how to provide resources that support purposeful outdoor play.
- 13 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
Still missing for Buxton Nursery Ltd
- 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.
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