Playdays Opportunity Group
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Chellaston for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £15.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 1994, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
£15 PER SESSION FOR UNFUNDED CHILDREN. CONTACT US FOR MORE DETAILS.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Fully Funded Sessions Available.
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
DE73 6TUWhat 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, 17 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide a warm and nurturing environment where children feel happy and settled. Children openly show their delight as they greet their friends and staff on arrival. Staff are very attentive to children's needs. They sensitively promote children's feelings of self-worth and pride by showing a keen interest in the objects they bring in from home. This has a positive impact on children's personal, social and emotional development. Children build confidence and learn to solve problems for themselves. For example, when getting ready to go outside, they carefully search through a storage box to find matching boots. Children behave well in response to the high expectations set by staff.
Children are excited to explore the indoor and outdoor learning environments. Staff promote children's engagement and interest by joining in with activities. Children are motivated and show determination as they use tools to try to crack open dinosaur eggs made of ice. They watch with fascination as the ice melts and begins to form puddles in the tray. Staff know children well and are skilled at guiding them to explore experiences in their own individual way. This helps all children to make progress in their learning and development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop further tooth-brushing routines, so all children have access to the same experiences to support their learning and development n support staff to further develop storytelling skills so children can extend their engagement with books and contribute their ideas.
- 17 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 9 February 2024Needs improvement
- 8 June 2023Needs improvement
- 2 October 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Playdays Opportunity Group
- 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 £15.00 a session 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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