Grindleford and Eyam Playgroup

About this day nursery

Grindleford and Eyam Playgroup is a rural pre-school in the Peak District that adopts a progressive, relaxed, and engaging approach to early education. Drawing on extensive best practices in early years care, the playgroup focuses on equipping children with the necessary skills and experiences to thrive in their initial school years.

The staff views parents as primary educators and collaborates with them to provide optimal care and learning. Emphasising individuality, the playgroup meets each child at their developmental stage, fostering growth at a personalised pace.

A core philosophy is to nurture every child, creating an environment rich with enjoyment, affection, and laughter. The playgroup avoids rigid philosophical adherence, instead prioritising practices that ensure the best care and learning opportunities.

Their approach is built on eight core principles, including valuing learning through play, preparing children for school without mimicking its structure, promoting child-led free play, balancing free play with structured adult-led group learning, focusing on engagement over mere occupation, providing meaningful experiences, managing behaviour positively, and valuing outdoor play.

Our ethos

We recognise parents as the first and most important educators of their children. All of our staff see themselves as co-workers with you in providing the best possible care and education for your child. We foster the individuality of each and every child, meeting them where they are and helping them to develop at the right pace for them.The most important part of our job is to love each and every child who walks through our door, to support them and their families,and to make sure that they love coming to a pre-school which resounds with fun, love and laughter.

What it's like

The managers and staff team have high expectations for all children. They implement a clear ethos of supporting children to become happy, independent, confident and caring. Staff plan activities in the community to support children's development, such as walking to the forest school, building fires, and enjoying hot chocolate with fruit and sandwiches.

Pricing & funding