St Edmunds Preschool Community Interest Company
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Derby for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £19.50 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2016, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Our current fees children are £19.50 for a 3-hour session.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Government funded places and accept extended entitlement funding for eligible 3 and 4 year old children. The Flying Start for 2 year olds funding is also available.
Worth knowing. You will in most cases, be eligible for five funded 3-hour sessions, or up to ten sessions if you are eligible for extended funding. You may decide you require additional sessions to the funded ones and these are charged at the normal rate for a 3-hour session.
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
DE22 2FNWhat 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, 5 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff welcome children warmly into this friendly pre-school. Children smile as they arrive and are eager to start the day and see their friends. They explore their environment with confidence and settle into their chosen activities. Staff form caring relationships with children and value them as individuals. They ensure they take time to get to know all children and their families well. This helps children feel safe and secure.
Staff encourage children to take turns as they play. For example, during sand play, children excitingly discuss making handprints and are encouraged to take turns to print their hands in the sand. Staff extend this well and encourage the children to make additional patterns. Older children confidently discuss the patterns they make. Younger children delight in making footprint patterns using toy dinosaurs and tigers. This motivates the children and encourages them to play nicely together. There is a strong focus on supporting children's communication and language skills. For example, staff talk to the children about what they are doing.
They ask questions to encourage children to think and introduce new words, such as 'camouflage'. Staff sing with children and tell stories to extend their vocabulary and understanding. Children engage well as they listen to a story about baby owls and then share they thought the story was 'incredible'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop the organisation of large group activities to maximise younger children's learning, engagement and participation.
- strengthen staff's teaching of behaviour boundaries so that children fully understand their expectations.
- 5 July 2024Good
- 10 September 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Edmunds Preschool Community Interest Company
- 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 £19.50 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.