Little Feet
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Dronfield for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 8am to 6pm. £76.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2012, with 125 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £57.00Short day £76.00 | £45.00Morning or Afternoon, 5 hrs | £10.00Additonal Hour |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £15.00 late payment feeoverdue invoices on childcare fees
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £7.00 a half day Half day consumables rateincludes All food, snacks and drinks, nappies, wipes, first
- £11.00 a day Full day consumables rateincludes All food, snacks and drinks, nappies, wipes, first
Discounts
- 5% second child discounttwo or more children in Nursery
- 5% NHS workers discount
Funded hours
You can use your funded hours between 7am and 6pm.
Worth knowing. Any hours your child attends above and beyond those that are funded, we charge at our normal session rates (or hourly rate if it is 1 or 2 hours).
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
S18 2XRWhat 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, 23 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children show that they are happy and content at the nursery. They are confident and demonstrate a sense of belonging. For example, children's family photos are displayed and prompt positive interactions and discussion about who is important to them. Staff provide activities to promote children's communication and language skills from an early age. For instance, children excitedly sit in a circle to partake in a familiar activity. They grasp a large piece of stretchy material and move it around as they sing 'warming up the pan'. They pretend to pour oil into the 'pan' and then tip yellow balls onto the material to represent corn. Children continue singing,
'sizzle, sizzle, pop, pop, pop,' squealing and giggling as they make the balls fly into the air and jump out of the material.
Children develop their physical skills through a range of stimulating experiences.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on staff's knowledge of the curriculum intent so they are clear about what it is that children need to learn to help children reach their full potential n develop staff's awareness of how to provide children with consistent messages and support so that children understand and manage their behaviour.
- 23 November 2022Good
- 4 January 2018Good
- 27 February 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Feet
- 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.
- Is £76.00 a day still the rate? 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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