Opening Hours
Our Alfreton nursery and pre-school is open from 8.00 am until 5.30 pm Monday to Friday.
We offer flexible sessions to suit most family’s needs.
You can book full days (8.00am – 5.30pm). Or morning sessions (8.00am until 1.00pm) which include a hot, nutritional lunch. Or afternoon sessions (1.00pm until 5.30pm) which include tea. We also include fresh fruit, snacks and drinks. All meals and snacks served throughout the day are prepared on-site by our wonderful chef – from scratch.
Please note – we close for a week at Christmas, and for all other Bank Holidays.
Minimum Booking Policy
The minimum number of sessions your child can be booked into the Tiddlers Day Nursery is two sessions per week (one session equals either a AM or PM session).
Please note The minimum booking policy is not applicable to grant funded sessions.
Settling in Sessions
At Tiddlers Day Nursery, we believe that children flourish when their personal, social and emotional needs are met. With this in mind, we offer Settling in Sessions for your child before they start their nursery adventure. It’s extremely important that your child feels safe and secure in their nursery environment before they start permanent sessions.
What to expect from Settling in Sessions
- We will start to build relationships with you and your child
- You will meet our team and your child’s Key Person
- We will start to find out your child’s likes and dislikes, home routine and any specific requirements such as nap times, meal preferences and comforters
The main aim of these sessions is to ensure that you and your child feel completely happy before you start permanent sessions with us.
Our Nursery and Registration Fees
Our fees are calculated from actual booked attendance & based on our fees at the time. Fees payable are calculated by taking the number of chargeable weeks per year (52) and multiplying this by your child’s weekly attendance fee to create your Annual Charge. This is divided by 12 to give a monthly charge – which is payable in advance by Direct Debit, cheque or voucher – on the 1st day of each month.
To book a place we require a £75.00 non-refundable registration fee for a new family (Please note this fee is not applicable for fully funded sessions).
Our Sibling Discount
If you’re booking a place with us for more than one child – or you already have a child at our nursery and have a 2nd child starting – we’re happy to offer a 10% discount off your oldest child’s fees.
Tiddlers Day Nursery’s OFSTED Report
After an inspection of a setting, the nursery will receive a full report of the inspector’s findings.
Our nursery has been graded GOOD. Our latest Ofsted report can be found here.
For more information on our childcare practice, ethos, how we do things (and how we do them differently – and hopefully better – than others) please call in and have a chat with the Tiddlers team. We’ll be delighted to see you and be given the opportunity to show you around our nursery.