Children 1st @ Plum Tree
Good★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Nottingham for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 April 2023. Open since 2010, with 143 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 Nottinghamshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Nottinghamshire 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
NG12 5NAWhat 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.
- 17 March 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 12 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children and parents are warmly welcomed when they arrive at the nursery. There are effective handover practices, and babies and children settle quickly, ready for their day. Children are happy and show excitement about the activities that are available. They soon become busy in their play. Children show they feel safe and secure. They have warm, nurturing relationships with their key person. Children are able to share and take turns extremely well. For instance, children pass the flour to one another as they make play dough, and listen to each other at group time.
Older children take ownership of their room as they set the table for lunch and help organise some of the activities. They thrive on the responsibility to have a monitor job.
Activities are carefully planned, based on individual children's interests and their learning needs. Babies are eager to explore and they develop a real thirst for learning. Staff provide excellent opportunities to support their development. Babies develop their large-muscle skills. For example, they competently climb steps and manoeuvre around furniture. Babies enjoy songs, rhymes and stories to help enhance their communication and language. Children throughout the nursery show a love of books and stories. Babies select books that are accessible to them throughout their thoughtfully designed environment. Some staff are dynamic storytellers and build anticipation when they read stories with children. This encourages children to become excited, highly engaged, and to contribute their own ideas.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- embed professional development, for staff in the toddler room, to build consistency in their quality of teaching n help staff to organise some parts of the daily routine to ensure that children are engaged in purposeful play at all times.
- 12 April 2023Good
- 8 June 2017Outstanding
- 4 February 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Children 1st @ Plum Tree
- 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.