Daisy Chain Day Nursery in Chesterfield offers comprehensive childcare services for children aged 3 months to 5 years, operating with a strong emphasis on providing a nurturing and enriching environment. Established in 2002, the nursery is dedicated to fostering each child's unique potential through quality education, care, and kindness.
They offer both full and part-time care options, with dedicated rooms for babies, toddlers, and pre-schoolers, ensuring appropriate stimulation and learning for each age group. The nursery follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework and places importance on a partnership approach with parents to support children's development.
Meals are freshly prepared on-site, catering to nutritional needs and encouraging good eating habits and social skills. Daisy Chain also provides support for children with additional needs through a dedicated SENCO.
The team of qualified, experienced, and DBS-checked staff regularly undergoes training to maintain a creative approach to teaching. Financial flexibility is offered through various session fees and acceptance of government funding, including Tax-Free Childcare, aiming to make quality childcare accessible to families in the Chesterfield area.
Our ethos
At Daisy Chain Day Nursery, we acknowledge the uniqueness of each child and their infinite potential. Our staff are committed to providing quality education with care and kindness. We have years of experience in providing quality childcare ensuring your child is ready for school.
What it's like
Staff at the nursery build strong relationships with children, helping them to feel safe and secure. Babies are comforted by staff and older children readily share their experiences. Children show positive attitudes toward learning, with staff providing engaging activities to spark curiosity and support development, such as rolling balls and insect hunts.
Fees are structured around flexible sessions including half days, full days, and full-time care. Non-funded fees are inclusive of meals, but baby milk and nappies are excluded. A minimum booking of two sessions per week is required.
Funding accepted
Good to know
Food
All fees for non-funded children include meals (excluding baby milk). Funded children are subject to a small food charge of £4 per day, or £2.50 per afternoon session. Pre-School children (age 3+) have the option of bringing a cold packed lunch and snacks.
Opening hours
Monday – Friday: 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Age range
3 months to 5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Session types
half day, full day, full time
Last inspected 12 January 2024
What it's like to attend
Staff at the nursery build strong relationships with children, helping them to feel safe and secure. Babies are comforted by staff and older children readily share their experiences. Children show positive attitudes toward learning, with staff providing engaging activities to spark curiosity and support development, such as rolling balls and insect hunts.
Inspector highlights
Areas to develop
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents speak very highly of the staff. They praise them for how well they know their children. Parents are particularly happy with the progress their children make in communication and language. They feel well informed and know where their child is in their development.
Inclusion & environment
Older children enjoy the learning opportunities that the outdoors brings them. Their interest in insects is sparked by finding a spider. Staff plan activities that are linked to children's interests and take them on a bug hunt. Children are curious as they dig in soil and peek under equipment to look for insects.
We couldn’t recommend daisy chain enough to people when they ask where our little boy goes! Harry was a very shy baby when he first started at nursery, but over the past year he has flourished and grown into the most confident little boy and he absolutely loves nursery now and he’s settled so well and has such a great bond with all the nursery staff. Our daughter also attended and she had the same, positive, happy time there! I can’t fault them on anything at all! Thank you for making my two children’s time a daisy chain a memorable one!
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Both of our children have attended Daisy Chain Nursery and we couldn’t rate it highly enough. The care has been excellent, with the staff and management being so friendly and supportive of our whole family - not just for the children. There is a real personal touch to the care provided. Maria, Angela and the team should be very proud of the nursery. Both of the children have developed so strongly during their time at the nursery, including becoming very confident and comfortable around other children and adults.
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The best nursery in town! Both my kids went to Daisy Chain and I couldn’t be happier with how they cared for them. My eldest who attended from baby room right up until she started school, started her first day of school with total confidence and no hesitation. I 100% put this down to the the Daisy Chain staff for always making her feel safe and secure. Her sister who’s starting school in August is looking to be just as confident. The staff are extremely friendly and approachable and happy to work around every child’s needs. I really couldn’t think of any better childcare setting than Daisy Chain!
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Fantastic nursery . My 6 month old baby goes here and I wouldn’t want him to go anywhere else . The staff are so friendly and keep me updated with my babies progress. I was a very anxious mummy leaving my baby when still so young to return to work, but my worries was soon reassured by the wonderful staff who do a fantastic job .
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Lovely nursery. Really caring staff, happy children, great system for keeping track of day to day activities. I feel happy and confident in the education and care that my child receives.
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Date: October 2008
Daisy Chain Nursery registered in 2008 and is located in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The nursery employs 13 members of childcare staff, all holding an early years qualification at level 2 or above. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, except for bank holidays, from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.
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