Children 1st @ St. Peter & St. Pauls
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Chesterfield 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 September 2022. Open since 2005, with 147 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
S41 0EFWhat 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, 26 September 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children who are new to the setting quickly develop secure relationships with warm and attentive staff. As they play alongside each other, staff ask children about their interests at home to get to know them better. Children explain what their favourite television programme is, naming different characters from well-known shows.
Children demonstrate their developing confidence during playful interactions with staff. For example, they giggle as they cheekily empty sand from a mould which a staff member has just filled. This demonstrates that children quickly feel comfortable as they settle into their new environment and meet new people.
Older children develop their understanding of the natural world through their woodland learning experiences. They independently get dressed for their adventure, putting on coats, wellies and high-visibility jackets. Children enthusiastically work together during a den-building activity. They encourage each other using positive language while negotiating their surroundings and sharing resources. Children demonstrate their listening and attention skills. They listen and follow the instructions that staff give them to safely hammer a tent peg into the ground. They show an awareness of risk as they carefully bang the peg to avoid their fingers. When they complete the task, they bound towards a member of staff and proudly exclaim, 'I did it myself, I did it myself!'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop teaching so that staff consistently use effective strategies to develop children's communication and language skills, including for those who speak
English as an additional language n support staff to deliver the curriculum for older children in a sequenced and coherent way, where children can regularly revisit and practise using the skills that they have previously learned.
- 26 September 2022Good
- 1 April 2016Outstanding
- 1 May 2012Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Children 1st @ St. Peter & St. Pauls
- 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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