Opening hours
Monday to Friday 7:30 - 18:00
Scallywags Nursery in Derby
Ofsted: Expected standard·
5.0(4 parent reviews)
·Rowallan Way, Chellaston, Derby, DE73 5WX · Derby
Number of places
140 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2026
Local authority
Derby
About this day nursery
Scallywags Nursery, operating since 2014 in Derby, provides childcare for children aged 0-4 years. The nursery offers an engaging and inclusive environment where children are happy and comfortable, freely choosing activities both indoors and outdoors.
The dedicated staff foster positive relationships, helping children develop independence and an eagerness to learn. The curriculum, based on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), supports children's progress from their starting points, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Children benefit from a rich outdoor play area where they can develop physical skills, spatial awareness, and learn about the natural world.
What it's like
Children are happy and comfortable in their surroundings, moving around their group rooms and the outside area, freely choosing where and what to play with. Children safely negotiate steps and ramps and develop their spatial awareness as they run and play outdoors. Children behave well and have an eagerness to learn, building strong relationships with each other and the staff. Staff provide exciting activities for all children to play and explore, such as paint exploration and creating art.
Happy childrenStrong relationshipsEngaging activitiesPhysical developmentInclusive environment
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All_year
Established
2014
Ofsted Inspection — new report card
Expected standard
Last inspected Mar 2026
Grade summary
Exceptional
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Strong standard
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Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.
Category grades
AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Scallywags Nursery
Last inspected 24 March 2026
Actions the provider must take
- Ensure that all staff understand and consistently implement practices to promote children's wellbeing at mealtimes. (By 21/04/2026)
- Improve the oversight and monitoring of the provision to help identify and provide targeted support to improve inconsistencies in staff practice. (By 21/04/2026)
What it's like to attend
Children are happy and comfortable in their surroundings, moving around their group rooms and the outside area, freely choosing where and what to play with. Children safely negotiate steps and ramps and develop their spatial awareness as they run and play outdoors. Children behave well and have an eagerness to learn, building strong relationships with each other and the staff. Staff provide exciting activities for all children to play and explore, such as paint exploration and creating art.
Inspector highlights
- Children are happy and comfortable in their surroundings, moving freely and choosing activities.
- Children behave well, build strong relationships with staff, and show an eagerness to learn.
- The managers and staff implement a curriculum that helps to prepare children for future learning.
- Staff support older children to develop their physical skills through outdoor play.
- Staff provide exciting activities for all children, such as exploring paint and creating art.
- Partnership with parents is strong, with regular communication and shared learning experiences.
Areas to develop
- 1At mealtimes, staff do not always implement expected arrangements for managing mealtimes.
- 2Staff do not always communicate well with each other, or deploy themselves effectively, to consistently promote children's wellbeing.
- 3Leaders' systems to evaluate the provision are not robust enough to help identify and improve weaknesses and inconsistencies in staff practice and in teaching.
Inspection #10236471 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff have a good understanding of how to support children's language skills, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Leaders and staff provide an inclusive and welcoming environment, identifying and monitoring the needs of all children effectively, and working in partnership with parents and other professionals.
Outdoor space
Children safely navigate steps and ramps, developing spatial awareness as they play outdoors. Pre-school children ride toy tractors and trikes, and older children develop physical skills on garden equipment. Children also learn about bees and celebrate "World Bee Day," building dens in the woodland.
Parent Reviews of Scallywags Nursery
5.0
(4)
Pink Unicorn
8 years ago
Scallywags is a really super place for children. We really love the teacher led groups and the home cooked food 🥘. The staff are friendly, welcoming and helpful. They are conscientious and professional keeping you up to date with progress of the children by way of periodic parent reviews based on the early years curriculum and also anything else we need to know about e.g. government updates with free hours. They always have time for you and are so good with the children. The children are happy to be there. They do a lot of activities with them e.g. painting, reading, music time, a lot of time playing in the open air - they have an asphalt area with toys and play areas as well as a grass field. They have special events (which are well publicized in their news letter) for example: Chinese New Year, Nativity Play, Diwali, Easter bonnet parade, summer party. We would highly recommend you check it out!
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Christopher Premraj
6 years ago
My son goes to this nursery 5 times a week. The price is reasonable and staff are good. The children are provided with fresh food . This is definitely one of the best you can get in Chellaston Derby close to Homefields Primary school.
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Andrew Hewlett
6 years ago
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8 years ago
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Inspection history
Date: October 2016
The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Good). We're re-checking it against the original report.
- June 2022Good
- October 2016Good
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