Fairy Tales Day Nursery
GoodBirth 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 March 2023. Open since 2001, with 60 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 4TTWhat 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, 29 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy their time at this welcoming nursery. They busy themselves with their chosen activity and happily invite others to join their play.
For example, pre-school children enjoy playing with dough. They offer their cutters to their friends and politely ask each other if they can share the different-coloured dough. Children are learning to be respectful of others and their resources. For example, staff swiftly intervene when they notice older babies throwing oats onto the floor. Staff explain that their friends may slip on the oats and hurt themselves.
Children eagerly help staff to sweep the floor to make it safe again.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- organise story time, with particular reference to the toddler room, to ensure that children are able to fully engage without their learning being disrupted n ensure the effective deployment of staff in the pre-school room, in order to provide consistent and purposeful interactions for children which build on their existing skills and knowledge.
- 29 March 2023Good
- 10 October 2022Inadequate
- 8 November 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Fairy Tales Day 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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