Full-day nursery in Shipley Common, Derbyshire
Cherubs Ilkeston
1 Mundy Street, Ilkeston, DE7 8DH · 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 July 2024Reference 2800053Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 20 June 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places78 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 10 July 2026Food 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
1 Mundy Street, Ilkeston, DE7 8DH · More nurseries in DE7
Stations
- Ilkeston15 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Mundy Street, Granby Street and Bloomsgrove Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Wash Meadows5 min walk
- Cotmanhay Linear Park7 min walk
- Victoria Park7 min walk
- Granby Park8 min walk
- Cotmanhay Linear Park9 min walk
- Playground5 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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Cherubs Ilkeston is a full-day nursery at 1 Mundy Street, Ilkeston, DE7 8DH, in Shipley Common, Derbyshire. It is registered for 78 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Glosscalm Properties Limited.
Run by Glosscalm Properties Limited (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Charlotte Nursery and Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected April 2025 0.3 miles
- Granby Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.4 miles
- Chaucer Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.4 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 0.5 miles
- Esteem Valley Academy ages 5–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected July 2025 0.7 miles
- Larklands Infant School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.8 miles
- Bennerley Fields School ages 2–16has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.8 miles
- St Thomas Catholic Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.9 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 Cherubs Ilkeston's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Cherubs Ilkeston Good at its inspection on 20 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Cherubs Ilkeston take?
Cherubs Ilkeston is registered with Ofsted for up to 78 children at any one time.
Who runs Cherubs Ilkeston?
Cherubs Ilkeston is run by Glosscalm Properties Limited, which runs 3 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Cherubs Ilkeston?
Ilkeston is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Cherubs Ilkeston?
You can call 0115 704 4780 and visit cherubsnurseries.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 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 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2800053 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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