Thornhill Day Nursery - Tommies Childcare
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Derby for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 May 2022. Open since 2018, 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 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 3LXWhat 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, 19 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle really well due to the individual attention and support they receive from staff. Babies happily explore their environment while staff sensitively encourage them and provide reassurance to help them to build their confidence.
Babies explore things in their own time as staff slowly introduce them to the different resources in the room. Staff quickly get to know the children very well and are very attentive to their needs, such as their individual sleep routines.
Children of all ages develop good physical skills. For example, babies concentrate as they throw and roll balls. Children in the next age range develop their balance and coordination skills as they use the slide and get on and off chairs themselves.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to build on their interactions with children to consistently extend children's learning to help them to make the best possible progress n support staff to give children time to fully focus on their chosen activity.
- 19 May 2022Good
- 2 June 2021Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Thornhill Day Nursery - Tommies Childcare
- 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.
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