Food
Nutritious home-cooked meals, breakfast, lunch, tea, and fruit provided. A £10 service charge applies to funded sessions to cover meals, snacks, and drinks.
Little Leprechauns Day Nurseries
Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2024)
Number of places
48 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2024
Local authority
Derbyshire
About this day nursery
Little Leprechauns Day Nursery, located in the heart of Chesterfield, provides a nurturing "home from home" setting where children learn through engaging, challenging, and motivating play experiences. The nursery aims to foster strong partnerships with parents and carers, recognising them as their child's most influential educators, to support each child's development and progress.
As a small, friendly, and family-run establishment, Little Leprechauns focuses on creating a safe, warm, and stimulating atmosphere where fun-filled learning abounds. The nursery is committed to providing excellent education and care through its qualified staff and child-led learning approach, integrating children's interests into their daily activities.
They offer dedicated rooms for different age groups: a Baby Room for 0-2 years, a Tweenie Room for 2-3 years, and a Pre-School for 3-5 years, ensuring age-appropriate environments. The nursery also emphasises wholesome nutrition with freshly prepared meals and provides comfortable sleep areas in each room for the children.
Our ethos
Little Leprechauns Day Nursery is committed to providing excellent education and care through a child-led learning approach, integrating children's interests into daily activities. They foster strong partnerships with parents, recognising them as key educators, and aim to create a safe, warm, and stimulating atmosphere where children learn through engaging, challenging, and motivating play.
What it's like
Children form strong bonds with staff, who get to know their individual interests and use this information to help them feel secure and support their emotional well-being. Children benefit from thoughtfully planned experiences that help them make progress in their learning, developing social skills, independence, and good manners. Staff also teach children practical skills like handwashing and fruit preparation.
Family-run nurseryLearning through playChild-led learningStrong parent partnershipsSeparate rooms for age groups
Pricing & funding
Fees are structured by age (babies 0-2 and tweenies 2-3) and offer all-year or term-time options. Sessions include full, short, morning, afternoon, and early bird options, with meals provided. Holiday club care is also available.
Good to know
- Standard fees include meals (breakfast, lunch, and tea where applicable).
- A 5% sibling discount is offered off the eldest child's fees for matching schedules.
- There are no discounts or refunds for bank holidays, sickness, or personal holidays.
- Funded sessions are subject to a daily service charge to cover meals, snacks, and drinks.
Key facts
Opening hours
Monday to Friday, all year round, from 7.30am until 6pm
Age range
0-5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2005
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Little Leprechauns Day Nurseries
Last inspected 28 October 2024
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 form strong bonds with staff, who get to know their individual interests and use this information to help them feel secure and support their emotional well-being. Children benefit from thoughtfully planned experiences that help them make progress in their learning, developing social skills, independence, and good manners. Staff also teach children practical skills like handwashing and fruit preparation.
Inspector highlights
- Children form strong bonds with staff, particularly their key person.
- Children benefit from a range of thoughtfully planned experiences that help them make progress in their individual learning.
- Staff support children from a young age to gain skills that help them become more independent, such as washing hands and preparing fruit for snack time.
- Staff develop children's confidence beyond the nursery by taking them to visit local community environments.
- Leaders and staff swiftly identify gaps in children's learning and ensure all children, especially those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, receive tailored support.
Areas to develop
- 1strengthen staff's skills in supporting children's independent play to help children settle at activities and maintain focus
- 2support staff to develop a more consistent approach when managing changes to routines to ensure that children understand what is expected of them.
Inspection #10355320 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
parents say "since visiting local places with staff, their children are less worried about going to new environments with them."
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Leaders and staff swiftly identify gaps in children's learning and ensure that all children, especially those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, receive tailored support. They plan individual-focused activities for children to help them make steps in their learning. Staff work closely with leaders to allocate additional funding and agree on how to spend it. For example, staff have created a sensory area and use sensory stimulating resources to re-engage children and help them focus during planned activities.
Outdoor space
Outside, staff follow older children's interest in water play. They support children in understanding capacity as they model how to fill and empty containers with water and measure different quantities.
Parent Reviews of Little Leprechauns Day Nurseries
4.4
(12)
Engy A.
3 months ago
We absolutely love this nursery and are so glad we made the decision to move here from another one which didn’t feel like the right fit for us. My baby is very attached to me so settling was something I worried about but she has done really well thanks to how warm, welcoming, and supportive the staff have been. The baby room is especially lovely, cozy, calm, and genuinely homely. All the staff are wonderful, but I’m particularly grateful to Laura and Rachael, who have been so understanding of my worries as a first-time mum and consistently kind, considerate, and responsive.
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Sara Jones
2 years ago
I don’t usually leave reviews, but I love this nursery. Our second born attends once a week. He took a while to settle in, but he now loves going to Little Leprechauns. The staff are so friendly and very welcoming. When we pick him up, the staff really make an effort to share our boy’s day with us, you can tell they really care. We wished we have send our first born here! I have recommended this nursery to other parents.
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Naomi Webb
a year ago
My children were relatively happy at this nursery but I found lot of the time I was called to say they were sick because they had a * spot* on their hand or loose stools when in fact they had been fed fruit all day.Unfortunately I could not recommend this nursery on this basis as I don't think they are consistent in their care. We have since moved to another nursery and instead of being told we have * sickly children* unsurprisingly we have children we are well and only called when they genuinely need some additional care.
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Scott
5 years ago
This is a great nursery, our daughter loves coming here, the staff have made her feel so welcome and have accommodated our needs really well, we couldn't have asked for more. We feel included in her development and she really has come on leaps and bounds since starting. The staff have made us feel at ease leaving her in their care and we know she is happy and well looked after whilst there. Thank you Little Leprechauns.
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meg
3 years ago
Can’t recommend this nursery enough, my little girl has come on so much since starting last year, especially in her confidence. All the girls that work there are absolutely amazing at what they do and I wouldn’t trust anywhere else sending my daughter, she always comes home and tells me about the little things she’s done! Will be sad when she moves to reception in in a few year!
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Inspection history
Date: February 2009
- October 2024Good
- November 2018Good
- December 2017Good
- August 2014Good
- February 2009Good
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