The Learning Tree Derby Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Derby for from 1 year 6 months up to school age, open 08:30 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 2013, with 16 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Fully funded full day and half day places.
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
DE24 9SFWhat 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.
- 30 June 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 10 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enter the nursery with enthusiasm and are greeted by friendly staff. They are happy and thoroughly enjoy their time at the nursery. Staff quickly get to know children and relationships between staff and children are strong. Staff ensure the settling-in processes are flexible and tailored to meet the individual needs of children. Staff demonstrate respectful interactions with children, which helps children to feel safe and valued.
The development of children's communication and language skills is given high priority. Staff make good use of songs and stories to encourage children to practise speaking. They use pictorial props to further support children who speak English as an additional language. Consequently, children quickly make progress with their understanding and speaking skills. Older children are proud to tell the inspector about their experiences. For example, they share how they found a frog and a ladybird in the garden.
Children learn to behave well. Staff teach them valuable skills to enable them to play cooperatively. For example, children learn how to share and take turns as they play, such as when using the play dough tools. They are motivated in their learning as staff praise them for being kind to one another. This helps build children's selfesteem and confidence.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to provide for children's individual learning needs particularly during adult-led activities n develop ways to share children's current learning with parents and how they can support this at home.
- 10 September 2024Good
- 12 October 2018Good
- 15 October 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Learning Tree Derby Ltd
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
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