Treetops Ashbourne
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Ashbourne 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 July 2025. Open since 1998, with 81 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 1BEWhat 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, 30 July 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and are warmly greeted by staff, who know the children and families very well. Staff understand each child's interests, home environment and developmental stage when they first join as they take the time to gather information from parents. They build strong bonds with the children and offer warm, sensitive and caring interactions.
Children enjoy selecting what they would like to play with from a wide selection of attractively presented activities. Staff are well deployed across the nursery and engage with small groups of children, and individual children, guiding their play.
This supports children to fully engage and sustain their concentration in what they are doing. Children love learning because staff think carefully about how to spark children's curiosity and interest. Older children concentrate well as they create pictures using natural materials, such as leaves, shells and stones.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support all staff to consistently implement activities to promote the planned curriculum intentions for toddlers n develop further the delivery of the curriculum for mathematical development to extend children's mathematical knowledge.
- 30 July 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 7 January 2020Good
- 24 November 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Treetops Ashbourne
- 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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