Partou Little Stars Day Nursery & Pre-School
Good★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Glossop for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 2014, with 86 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
SK13 2DRWhat 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, 14 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff are welcoming, caring and responsive to children and their families. They spend time with the children and parents before children start to attend, to make sure the children are familiar with staff and the environment. Children have especially warm relationships with their key person. They settle well and show they have developed trust in their key person when they approach them for reassurance. Children rarely display any unwanted behaviour because they are busy and engaged in play. Staff are consistent across the nursery in how they react to any behaviour that is not appropriate. They are calm and use soft voices to talk to the children about what has happened and how their actions might affect other children.
Staff create an indoor environment that is designed to attract and engage children's attention. Staff understand how children learn and what they need to develop at different stages. For example, babies have space to walk or crawl around and staff place interesting objects out of reach to encourage their movement and increase their hand-to-eye coordination. Older children relish play with a wide range of interesting items linked to a theme of Halloween. They use their imagination to create games to play using the items, and discuss differences.
When staff skilfully join the conversation, they extend children's involvement and talk about their home experiences of Halloween.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve the quality of information included for parents on the progress check for children between the ages of two and three years n increase staff's understanding of how to deliver the curriculum outdoors so that children have purposeful learning throughout the nursery.
- 14 October 2024Good
- 27 August 2019Good
- 28 October 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Partou Little Stars Day Nursery & Pre-School
- 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.
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