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Lamb Setts (Christchurch)

Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2025)
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4.8(5 parent reviews) ·Tapton View Road, Chesterfield, S41 7JU · Derbyshire
Number of places
32 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2025
Local authority
Derbyshire

About this day nursery

Lamb Setts Montessori Nursery, a family-operated and graduate-led establishment, has been dedicated to providing quality childcare and education since April 1994. They cater to children aged 3 months to 11 years across their two branches: Sheffield and Chesterfield.

The nursery prides itself on offering a nurturing and stimulating environment, featuring excellent indoor and outdoor facilities, including beautiful gardens overlooking the Moss Valley Countryside. Their educational approach is guided by Montessori principles, explained in detail on their website.

The staff team, led by an Early Years Graduate, is described as enthusiastic, conscientious, and caring professionals. The nursery fosters strong parent involvement through daily communication and invites contributions to their newsletter.

The Bakewell family, who run Lamb Setts, aims to create a professional, safe, fun, and friendly atmosphere.

Our ethos

Lamb Setts Montessori Nursery follows Montessori principles to provide quality childcare and education in a nurturing and stimulating environment. They aim to create a professional, safe, fun, and friendly atmosphere, fostering strong parent involvement.

What it's like

Children benefit from a curriculum that supports their personal, social and emotional development; they join staff each morning, sing songs, learn peers' names and form strong bonds with staff. Staff engage children with special educational needs and/or disabilities in one-to-one time and encourage children to persevere with challenges, praising achievements.

Montessori NurseryFamily-runGraduate-ledRural settingAccepts Funded Places

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

08:45 - 15:30 during school terms

Age range

2 - 5 years

Term time / All Year

Term Time

Established

2002

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Lamb Setts (Christchurch)

Last inspected 16 June 2025 · Hayley Ruane

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children benefit from a curriculum that supports their personal, social and emotional development; they join staff each morning, sing songs, learn peers' names and form strong bonds with staff. Staff engage children with special educational needs and/or disabilities in one-to-one time and encourage children to persevere with challenges, praising achievements.

Inspector highlights

  • Curriculum supports personal, social and emotional development
  • Strong bonds between children and staff
  • Staff engage children with SEND through one-to-one activities
  • Children are encouraged to persevere and staff praise achievements to build self-esteem
  • Staff effectively use additional funding to meet individual needs

Areas to develop

  • 1help staff to support less confident children to answer the good range of questions they ask all children, particularly during planned group times
  • 2develop the curriculum to support children to develop their large-muscle movements and challenge their physical development.
Inspection #10399022 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff engage children with special educational needs and/or disabilities in one-to-one time, such as completing action rhymes, to develop their understanding of actions linked to songs. Staff effectively use additional funding to meet individual needs (for example, purchasing toy phones to encourage communication).

Outdoor space

The inspector observed the provision both indoors and outdoors. When provided with activities to develop bodily strength, children walk across planks of wood and climb steps to slides, but staff do not always plan to challenge their large-muscle development.

Parent Reviews of Lamb Setts (Christchurch)

4.8
(5)
Titilola Damilare-Akintade
3 years ago

Brilliant nursery - very clean and safe environment for the littles ones to play and learn with lots of indoor and out doors activities . Staff are wonderful.

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Leah Barnett
6 years ago

My daughter currently attends lamb setts and is on the asd pathway I couldn't praise the school and staff enough they are absolutely a amazing

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Inspection history

Date: March 2011

  • June 2025Good
  • November 2019Good
  • December 2015Good
  • March 2011Good

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