Chinley Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Chinley for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 November 2023. Open since 2016, with 70 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
10hrs funding, 5 hours funding am or pm, 3hrs funding 5 days per week.
Worth knowing. All funding is term time only normal fees apply in school holidays; consumable charge will apply.
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
SK23 6FGWhat 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, 3 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children and families are welcomed into the nursery by attentive and caring staff.
Children settle quickly and soon become engrossed in the activities that staff have carefully planned for them. Staff nurture children's communication skills from an early age. For example, staff provide focused interactions with young babies and use eye contact, repetitive sounds and an engaging tone of voice. This helps babies to feel safe and secure, and they are keen to respond to these warm interactions.
Babies enjoy exploring books with the support of staff. They listen intently as staff describe the pictures in the book before babbling back in response, learning the back-and-forth flow of conversation.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to have a clearer understanding of the learning intentions of routines and activities, so that teaching is consistently focused to help to extend children's skills and knowledge even further n continue to develop the monitoring of staff practice to provide consistency in the teaching and curriculum provided to children.
- 3 November 2023Good
- 4 January 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Chinley 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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