Creative Days Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Derby for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 August 2024. Open since 2001, with 46 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
DE65 5EQWhat 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, 1 August 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive excited to start their day. They develop warm relationships with kind and caring staff at this family-run nursery. Children show that they feel safe and secure as they put their belongings away and seek out activities. They know what is expected of them. Staff have high expectations for their behaviour and teach them the importance of good manners, sharing and turn-taking. Children help to tidy up and listen carefully to staff when they speak.
Staff in the baby room are attentive, flexible and caring. They are skilled in developing the youngest children's communication. Babies enjoy songs, rhymes and stories to help enhance their communication and language. Staff introduce babies to new words, repeating and increasing pitch and tone and using exaggerated mouth movements. This successfully encourages young children's motivation to copy and broadens their vocabulary.
Staff support children to learn mathematical concepts as they play. As they make dough, staff support younger children to count the cups of flour that they need.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to further extend children's play and make the most of all opportunities to fully promote children's learning.
- 1 August 2024Good
- 17 September 2018Good
- 24 November 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Creative Days Nursery
- 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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