First Steps Nursery (New Mills) Ltd
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in High Peak for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2007, with 68 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funded places are available for 2, 3 and 4 year olds for both 15 and 30 hours at both our settings.
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
SK22 3JJWhat 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.
- 27 June 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 14 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children make strong progress in all areas of their learning throughout their time in this warm, welcoming and focused nursery. Staff support children to develop the attitudes, skills and knowledge that equip them well for their future learning. They set high expectations for all those in their care through a systematic, exciting and well-planned curriculum. Staff build strong bonds with children and their families, for example, by providing supportive and carefully considered induction activities.
This lays a secure foundation for children's further development.
Children learn to be inquisitive and confident communicators. For instance, babies explore new physical and sensory experiences as they chase coloured lights in the sensory room or make body patterns in different dry and wet mixtures. Older children build on these skills as they learn to mix and name primary and secondary colours using large sweeping brushes to create vibrant paint patterns all around the playground. Children are safe and secure. Staff are very positive role models.
- 14 February 2025Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 12 April 2019Good
- 6 April 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for First Steps Nursery (New Mills) Ltd
- 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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