White House Nursery Alfreton
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Alfreton 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 January 2025. Open since 2017, with 82 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
DE55 7ATWhat 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, 15 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are supported to understand their emotions and feelings. Younger children are shown images of facial expressions and asked to identify how they are feeling.
Older children are supported to understand why they feel a certain way, such as being sad when they want to play with a toy that another child has. Children learn the rules and boundaries that staff implement. For example, staff remind older children to use their 'walking feet' when they begin to run indoors. When children's nappies are changed, staff ensure this is a positive experience for them. For example, staff change children in areas that promotes their privacy. Staff sing songs to children when they change them, supporting their speaking skills and contributing to children forming close bonds with staff.
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are supported well by staff. Referrals to other professionals are made in a timely manner and their involvement supports staff to identify specific targets to meet children's needs. This includes staff using pictures to help children with SEND to understand and follow routines in the day. Older children solve problems when they use wooden blocks to build and construct. For instance, when staff ask them how they can build on top of triangle shapes, children persevere and find shapes that will balance.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop strategies to help children who speak English as an additional language to increase their language skills even more n gather information from other early years settings children attend to help staff plan for children's care and learning more precisely from the outset n strengthen the sharing of information between children's key person and other staff to further support children's individual learning.
- 15 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 11 November 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for White House Nursery Alfreton
- 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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