Full-day nursery in Ironville, Derbyshire
Clowns Childrens Centre
Cinder Bank, Ironville, Derbyshire, NG16 5NN · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Cinder Bank, Ironville, Derbyshire, NG16 5NN · More nurseries in NG16
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Cinder Bank and King William Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground1 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- 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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Clowns Childrens Centre is a full-day nursery at Cinder Bank, Ironville, Derbyshire, NG16 5NN, in Ironville, Derbyshire. It is registered for 75 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clowns Childrens CentreThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Pinxton 0 to 5 Nursery SchoolFull-day nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 2.4 miles |
| Allsorts Preschool UnderwoodSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 2.5 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Ironville and Codnor Park Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2022 under 0.1 miles
- Riddings Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected October 2024 0.7 miles
- Jacksdale Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.8 miles
- Riddings Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.9 miles
- Westwood Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2023 1.1 miles
- Somerlea Park Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 1.3 miles
- Somercotes Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected February 2024 1.5 miles
- Codnor Community Primary School Church of England Controlled Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 1.7 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Clowns Childrens Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Clowns Childrens Centre Good at its inspection on 8 June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Clowns Childrens Centre take?
Clowns Childrens Centre is registered with Ofsted for up to 75 children at any one time.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY283274 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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