First Steps Nursery (New Mills) Ltd
GoodTakes 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 Good by Ofsted in April 2022. Open since 2010, with 40 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
SK23 7PZWhat 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.
- 7 January 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 13 April 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children form strong attachments. They freely hug and cuddle staff throughout the day. Children explore a wide range of exciting opportunities, which helps them make good progress in their development. They demonstrate positive attitudes to learning and are motivated to join in with planned activities. For example, toddlers are learning about the 'Three Little Pigs' story. They work alongside staff to build brick and straw houses. Children excitedly recall the story. They know that the wolf will 'huff and puff.' Children politely ask for more bricks to make their house strong.
They are developing the skills they need in preparation for school. For example, children learn to do things for themselves. They make choices about their play, put on their own boots and coats, and serve themselves at mealtimes.
Children's health and emotional well-being are given the highest priority. All children spend considerable amounts of time outdoors. Pre-school children thrive in the exciting and enticing forest area. Staff supervise children well as they gather large sticks to build dens and climb small ladders to balance items on the willow tunnel. Children giggle with delight as they hide within the bamboo trail. Children learn how to manage their own risks. They undertake risk assessments with staff to ensure the forest area is safe for them to play in.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review the organisation of mealtimes to ensure children are not waiting for long periods so children's learning is not disrupted n make better use of the opportunities to extend children's learning during activities.
- 13 April 2022Good
- 28 October 2015Good
- 27 July 2010Outstanding
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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