Fun Time Nursery Limited
Good★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Derby for children from birth to 8+, open 08:30 to 16:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2014, with 50 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 Derby
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Derby 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
DE23 8DDWhat 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.
- 3 March 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 3 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children move through a journey of three rooms in this inviting nursery. They are greeted into their rooms by warm, welcoming staff. Younger children find comfort with their key person, snuggling in for reassurance as they leave their parents.
Older children learn to talk about their emotions and staff support them to understand how they are feeling. Children play with their friends as they explore the resources and activities. They display positive attitudes as they play and are confident to lead their own learning. For example, young children decide how they are going to build a train track. Older children find pens for themselves when they want to draw on the dry wipe board.
The management team have worked hard to support their team to make improvements since the last inspection. Staff have developed and improved their practice to ensure that they provide the children with activities that support their learning. They use the interests of the children to formulate a strong curriculum where children learn and have fun. Young children use their senses to explore water with jugs and tea pots, they talk about the smell of tea in the water as they fill cups. Staff play alongside older children as they find treasure in the outdoor sandpit.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to improve their understanding of how they can extend older children's learning, so that all children make the best possible progress n support staff to develop their interactions to help extend younger children's language skills even further.
- 3 May 2023Good
- 10 May 2022Needs improvement
- 13 September 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Fun Time Nursery Limited
- 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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