Children 1st @ Clowne
Good★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Chesterfield 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 July 2022. Open since 2006, with 120 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
S43 4JXWhat 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, 7 July 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy their time at nursery and quickly settle with their chosen activity.
Children behave well. For example, they are polite and take turns with others.
Toddlers and pre-school children readily volunteer to help staff set the table for lunchtime. Children do things for themselves. They serve themselves healthy food at lunchtime, they scrape leftover food off their plates and pour their own drinks.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review toddler story and singing time to ensure there are no distractions to enable children to fully engage in the activity n support staff to improve interactions with children to ensure all children make continually good progress n encourage children to recognise and appropriately manage their own personal care needs.
- 7 July 2022Good
- 24 February 2022Inadequate
- 24 April 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Children 1st @ Clowne
- 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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