Treetops Alton Manor
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Belper 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 November 2024. Open since 2002, with 90 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
DE56 0HSWhat 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, 4 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Pre-school children help staff to identify and remove any potential risks in the garden before they use it. Children tell visitors that they found berries, so they put them in the bin. They recognise areas of the garden that are cordoned off and understand that they do not use these areas. This helps children to learn how they can keep themselves safe. Pre-school children understand staff's expectations for their behaviour. They say that holding hands would show 'kind hands'.
Children are supported to develop their communication and language skills. In the baby room, staff use repetitive words such as 'shake, shake, shake' when children move musical instruments, helping to support their early speaking skills. In the under-two's room, staff help children to understand words that link to actions. For instance, when children move forwards and backwards on equipment, staff sing a song about rocking. Pre-school children learn about similarities and differences in people. Staff ask them to look in mirrors to identify what makes them unique.
Children learn why people wear glasses, remembering that their mummy wears them. Children in the baby room are supported to learn how to handle books. For instance, staff show them how to lift flaps on pages and encourage children to copy.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to help children to build on their interests n strengthen induction procedures for new staff to help them understand how to support all children's learning n develop partnership working with staff at other early years settings that children also attend to help plan more precisely for children's learning.
- 4 November 2024Good
- 20 November 2018Outstanding
- 17 April 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Treetops Alton Manor
- 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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