Langwith Junction Childcare
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Mansfield for children from birth to 5, open 07:45 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2006, with 30 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
NG20 9ADWhat 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, 4 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children show high levels of enjoyment and engagement in their learning. They respond positively to staff's invitations to play and eagerly join in with the activities on offer. Younger children self-select books of their choice and safely toddle to a nearby member of staff so that they can share the story together. Staff use a range of tones in their voice to add excitement to their reading. They introduce children to new words, such as 'jellyfish'. When children start to name what they see on the pages, staff respond with praise and extend the language that children hear. For example, when a child names a crab, staff say, 'The crab has pincer claws.'
Children are building their vocabulary from a young age.
Older children quickly follow staff's instruction to come together in a group for song time. They take it in turns to choose a prop that represents a song or nursery rhyme. Children quickly identify a favourite song about a bus. Staff ask children to vote on where the bus will go. Some children raise their hand for Chesterfield and others for Mansfield. Here, staff are teaching children about their local communities as well as introducing the skills of democracy. The children confidently count the votes and then sing about the bus reaching its destination.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to embed their learning from the training, coaching and mentoring that they receive in their daily practice.
- 4 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 4 September 2024Inadequate
- 14 December 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Langwith Junction Childcare
- 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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