Tissington Kindergarten
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Ashbourne for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2023. Open since 2015, with 57 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 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
DE6 1RAWhat 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, 24 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Leaders and staff warmly welcome children into the kindergarten by name. They have discussions with parents to find out how the children are feeling and what has happened in children's lives since they were last in kindergarten. The information gained is used by staff to initiate conversations and to include children in activities and experiences pertinent to their current needs and fascinations. Children become engrossed in play. Staff skilfully interact and intervene to support children to increase their skills and knowledge, particularly when children need extra support in some aspects of their development.
Children enthusiastically play outdoors with a wide range of fixed equipment that has increasingly challenging learning elements. For example, children's climbing skills change from negotiating steps for the youngest children to scaling ladders for the older children. At each stage of climbing, and in all other activities, children are taught how to stay safe and they develop an understanding of how rules help to keep them and others safe.
Staff make good use of the local environment and community to increase the range of ways that children can learn. They understand that children learn in many different ways and they work hard to make learning accessible to all the children in the kindergarten. On walks in the local community, for example, children visit the local wells and build up confidence in their physical ability as they jump over the water overflow and try not to get wet.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- increase staff understanding and confidence in how to extend older children's experience of physical development in the garden area n improve how staff working with younger children use the names of objects so they avoid using immature language.
- 24 November 2023Good
- 5 December 2022Needs improvement
- 2 March 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Tissington Kindergarten
- 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.