Treetops Silvertrees
Good★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 September 2022. Open since 2004, with 84 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 3ADWhat 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, 29 September 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy books throughout the nursery, both with staff and independently.
Younger children sit and turn the pages for several minutes, while pre-school children sit together talking to their friends about what they can see in the books they have chosen. This sparks children's appreciation of books and helps to prepare them for their future learning.
Pre-school children learn to make choices as staff carefully explain what activities they have set out around the room. They excitedly decide what they would like to do and settle quickly to their chosen task. All children enjoy a range of activities in the outside area. Younger children build a track using wooden blocks of different shapes and sizes, then practise walking along it. Children benefit from the support and encouragement staff provide. Those that are less confident receive a helping hand as they attempt to balance and develop their large-muscle skills. Older children are closely supervised by staff as they practise climbing and jumping on the large apparatus with their friends. Staff remind children to keep a safe distance as other children enjoy playing on the swing.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's knowledge of how to further their conversations to include all children n clarify the curriculum for mathematics and share this more clearly with all staff, so they are confident to implement it consistently.
- 29 September 2022Good
- 4 October 2016Outstanding
- 4 December 2012Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Treetops Silvertrees
- 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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