Full-day nursery in Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire
Butterfly Castle Day Nursery
Kenilworth Drive, Ilkeston, DE7 4FJ · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since February 2019Reference 2516110Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 25 July 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places86 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 20 January 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Kenilworth Drive, Ilkeston, DE7 4FJ · More nurseries in DE7
Buses
24 bus stops within 400 m, including St Norbert Drive, Welbeck Avenue and Kenilworth Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Kirk Hallam Lake and Meadows7 min walk
- Windsor Crescent Play Area playground5 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Dallimore Road Play Area playground7 min walk
- Godfrey Drive Play Area playground7 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Derbyshire there are about 3.4 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Butterfly Castle Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Kenilworth Drive, Ilkeston, DE7 4FJ, in Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire. It is registered for 86 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (October 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Ladywood Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.2 miles
- Dallimore Primary & Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.3 miles
- St Thomas Catholic Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.5 miles
- Hallam Fields Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2022 0.5 miles
- Field House Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 0.6 miles
- Kensington Junior Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.9 miles
- Chaucer Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected September 2024 1.1 miles
- Larklands Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 1.1 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Butterfly Castle Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Butterfly Castle Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 25 July 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Butterfly Castle Day Nursery take?
Butterfly Castle Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 86 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Butterfly Castle Day Nursery?
Ilkeston is the nearest station we know of, 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Butterfly Castle Day Nursery?
You can call 0115 837 0850.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 2516110 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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