Little Leprechauns Day Nurseries
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Chesterfield for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £65.00 a day for 2-3 Year Old, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 2005, with 48 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 Year Oldbirth to 2y | £65.00 | – | |
| 2-3 Year Old2y to 3y | £60.00Term - Time Places Available £65.00 | £11.00Term - Time Places Available £42.00Afternoon £42.50Term - Time Places Available £43.50Morning, 5.5 hrs | |
| All ages | £26.25Holiday Club £33.75Holiday Club | £9.50Holiday Club £18.50Holiday Club £21.00Holiday Club |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £10.00 a session FUNDED SESSION SERVICE CHARGEapplied to funded sessions, includes all meals, snacks and drinks
Discounts
- 5% 5% sibling discount off the eldest child’s feessubject to the sibling attending at least the same number of sessions
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Worth knowing. A £10.00 services charge will be applied to funded sessions. This covers the cost of all meals, snacks and drinks.
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
S40 1RPWhat 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.
- 17 June 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 28 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children form strong bonds with staff, particularly their key person. Staff take the time to get to know children and speak to parents about each child's individual interests. They use the information they gather to help children feel secure and support their overall emotional well-being. Children benefit from a range of experiences thoughtfully planned by staff, which help them to make progress towards their individual next steps in learning. For example, children develop social skills, make friends and learn to be kind to one another. Staff model good manners, how to take turns and explain how to be kind to others. Young children demonstrate what they have learned as they pause at the soft play and wait for their friends to get down before they climb on. Older children pass each other coloured paint pens so their friends can have a turn.
Children are supported from a young age to gain skills that help them to become more independent. Staff steady children who are taking their first steps and support children to stand at the sink as they learn to wash their hands. Young children are encouraged to pour their drinks and learn how to peel the lids off their yoghurt pots as staff describe how to hold the corner and peel the lid back. Older children learn to prepare fruit for snack time. Staff teach children how to use knives safely. They tell children to hold the fruit on the flat side and keep their fingers out of the way before they cut. Older children successfully slice the fruit into pieces for their snack.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's skills in supporting children's independent play to help children settle at activities and maintain focus n support staff to develop a more consistent approach when managing changes to routines to ensure that children understand what is expected of them.
- 28 October 2024Good
- 26 November 2018Good
- 18 December 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Leprechauns Day Nurseries
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £65.00 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.
- 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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