Full-day nursery in Rose Hill, Derby
Playcorner Nursery
60-62 Sale Street, DERBY, DE23 8GD · 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
60-62 Sale Street, DERBY, DE23 8GD · More nurseries in DE23
Stations
- Derby17 min walk · 0.7 miles
- Peartree19 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Cambridge Street, Malcolm Street and Vulcan.
Parks and playgrounds
- Derby Arboretum3 min walk
- Keepers Green7 min walk
- Cotton Lane Park12 min walk
- Arboretum Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Church Street Play Area playground10 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 Derby there are about 3.8 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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Playcorner Nursery is a full-day nursery at 60-62 Sale Street, DERBY, DE23 8GD, in Rose Hill, Derby. It is registered for 40 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 4.7 from 40 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playcorner NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Pakistan Community Centre 3D HAFFull-day nursery | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.4 miles |
| St. Joseph's RC Pre SchoolSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.5 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Arboretum Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2024 0.2 miles
- St James' Church of England Aided Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2024 0.2 miles
- Rosehill Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.3 miles
- Hardwick Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 0.3 miles
- Pear Tree Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.4 miles
- Pear Tree Community Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2021 0.4 miles
- St James' Church of England Aided Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2024 0.4 miles
- Derby St Chad's CofE Nursery and Infant School Primaryages 2–7has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.5 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 Playcorner Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Playcorner Nursery Good at its inspection on 23 June 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Playcorner Nursery take?
Playcorner Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Playcorner Nursery?
Derby is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Playcorner Nursery?
You can call 01332 613513.
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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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY474393 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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