Storrs Road Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Chesterfield for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £22.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 1974, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
The fees are £22.00 per session payable termly.
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
FREE Government Funded places available for 2 and 3 year olds; up to 15 hours per week of FREE early years education funding for two year olds; nursery education funding for three and four year olds and also some two year olds.
Worth knowing. Where funding is not received, then fees apply.
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 3NRWhat 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, 20 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff warmly welcome children into the pre-school at the start of their session.
Children are very familiar with the pre-school routines and quickly settle on where they want to play. Staff are on hand to give them support and encouragement.
Staff help children to learn how to share and take turns during play and circle time.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- deploy staff effectively throughout the pre-school room so that children have access to adults to support their play during the whole session n develop children's understanding of how to look after the pre-school so that all children benefit from complete resources when they choose to play with them.
- 20 March 2024Good
- 26 April 2018Good
- 17 July 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Storrs Road Pre-School
- 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 £22.00 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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