Full-day nursery in New Zealand, Derby
The Cottage Private Day Nursery (55 Bedford Street)
55 Bedford Street, DERBY, DE22 3PD · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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
55 Bedford Street, DERBY, DE22 3PD · More nurseries in DE22
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Bedford Street, Radcliffe Drive West and Rowditch Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- Rykneld Rec6 min walk
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Tubby Bear's Play Zone playground12 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.
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The Cottage Private Day Nursery (55 Bedford Street) is a full-day nursery at 55 Bedford Street, DERBY, DE22 3PD, in New Zealand, Derby. It is registered for 27 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It is run by The Cottage Day Nurseries Limited.
Run by The Cottage Day Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 4 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- The Bemrose School All-throughages 3–19has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.2 miles
- Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.3 miles
- Firs Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2022 0.3 miles
- Becket Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.5 miles
- Ashgate Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.6 miles
- Stonehill Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.6 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 0.7 miles
- Ashgate Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.7 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 The Cottage Private Day Nursery (55 Bedford Street)'s Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Cottage Private Day Nursery (55 Bedford Street) Outstanding at its inspection on 5 May 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can The Cottage Private Day Nursery (55 Bedford Street) take?
The Cottage Private Day Nursery (55 Bedford Street) is registered with Ofsted for up to 27 children at any one time.
Who runs The Cottage Private Day Nursery (55 Bedford Street)?
The Cottage Private Day Nursery (55 Bedford Street) is run by The Cottage Day Nurseries Limited, which runs 4 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to The Cottage Private Day Nursery (55 Bedford Street)?
Derby is the nearest station we know of, 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
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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 206104 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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