The Learning Tree Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Sutton-In-Ashfield for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2022. Open since 1997, with 70 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 Nottinghamshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Nottinghamshire 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
NG17 1FWWhat 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, 25 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children ring the doorbell and eagerly wait with wide smiles, to enter this bright, stimulating, home-from-home nursery. Staff greet the children with a warm welcome and equally large smile. Children welcome each other and engage in cooperative and collaborative play. They behave well as they share and take turns, with gentle reminders from staff. Children move freely about the environment and make independent choices about the resources they play with. They demonstrate focus and become highly engaged in pretend play. For example, children spend prolonged periods of time playing with the train track and construction objects.
They learn about mathematical concepts as they move a train 'over', 'under' and
'through' the tunnels and bridges they have made with boxes and wooden blocks.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider what children need to know and be able to do before they engage in new activities and experiences so that they can learn what is intended - enhance teaching to introduce and model new vocabulary to children consistently, to enable them to make connections between words and actions.
- 25 October 2022Good
- 4 November 2016Good
- 7 May 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Learning Tree Nursery
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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