The Cottage Day Nursery Derby

I had a great experience with my own two children being cared for at Cottage Day Nursery and it was the first place I contacted when recieving care for my baby niece. They are brilliant and I feel they genuinely care about her and the other children. Whenever I leave or collect her, she and they have smiles on their faces, which is so reassuring. They are also a kind and friendly bunch!

Our daughter has been attending since she was 11months old and loves coming to nursery. Its lovely to hear what shes been learning about during her day and shes very excited to tell us at collection. Shes built strong bonds with both staff and her peers, her confidence has also excelled during her time at the cottage. Management are supportive, friendly and welcoming. They are also very informative when it comes to funding, events and child's development. They have beautiful homely bright and airy rooms and large outdoor spaces which our daughter loves exploring.

Having had two children spend 4 years at The Cottage, I have to say they have been fantastic. Staff are attentive, engaging and most importantly focus on the development and wellbeing of each child - individually. Their flexibility and accommodation of working parents is commendable. Management take on feedback with a true will to improve, in order to main high educational standards. And they have had so much fun!

My baby has been with this nursery since she was 9 months, she has grown very well, she walks well, has good vocabulary and is feeding better than I had hoped.The staff at the nursery is amazing and my daughter is always happy to see them in the morning. I am very happy with her progress at this stage.

My child has been well looked after here for 3 years. I feel so comfortable leaving my little one with the staff here. My child has valuable relationships with all the key workers and they have helped her to come on leaps and bounds. We will be sad to leave to start big school

Fantastic nursery, we couldn't have asked for more. The team has known us for 9 years now and they are part of our family. They made each day fun, balanced, and interactive with both children and families, children had much love at all stages. Our eldest continued to attend a sister nursery over her holidays, which worked equally well. Thank you for making each day fun and special.

My daughter has been attending The Cottage in Bedford Street Derby for almost 6 months now. Since starting at The Cottage my wife and I have watched our daughter come along leaps and bounds in terms of her development, speech, counting, socialising with other kids and more. She comes home and tells us all about her day and how great a time she has had and what she's been doing. The staff are all wonderful and are clearly very interested in the development of all the children under their care. They have been very helpful at both guiding and supporting us all during periods of transition like toilet training for instance. I'd highly recommend The Cottage on Bedford Street if you need a great nursery that you can trust to take care of your little ones.

The Cottage has been a consistently excellent nursery for our children - they have been looked after in every respect to the highest standard of care. We feel very well supported by the nursery during difficult phases and transitions and they have always worked with us to achieve the best outcome for our family. Our children's time at The Cottage has been nothing short of outstanding and it has set them up wonderfully for school. We cannot recommend them enough.

The best nursery for my child. She has learnt and progressed so much since being at The Cottage. The staff are fantastic with all the children. They are caring and loving. I couldn't imagine my child going anywhere else, and we will certainly be back with our younger child.

My son always comes home happy!

Great helpful staff, my child loves it here.

The entire team at The Cottage Day Nursery are very lovely, professional, ready to give care, adaptive and overall every member of staff welcomes both the children and parents with a wonderful smile every day and all the time.

It really comes across how passionate and motivated everyone who works there is.

Excellent staff and communication. The key worker is really helpful and knows my child's development. Great food and service overall.

This nursery was recommended by a friend to us. We enrolled our daughter since she was approx 7 -8 months old. I am grateful to have found a nursery that fits our needs so well! The food is excellent, children have many activities throughout the day and the nurture given is beyond excellent. Many thanks to all staff and managers for doing a brilliant job.

Amazing nursery for both of my boys who have been all the way through the baby unit to preschool. The staff are so friendly and helpful and my boys really enjoy it at the Cottage Day Nursery. The food is nutritious and I think another bonus of this nursery, is that it has its own soft play too.

My little girl has attended The Cottage Nursery in Derby since she was 15 months old and I couldn't recommend this nursery enough! The facilities and environments that she has been able to explore are fantastic! She has just come home with a Christmas folder full of beautiful artwork and creations. Every morning she walks in happy and smiling and it is rare that I ever pick her up and she is sad, or any of the children for that matter. I truly would recommend this nursery to anyone.

My son loved his time at The Cottage and I can’t recommend it highly enough. The facilities are fantastic, safe, clean and well organised. The people who work here are genuinely caring, nurturing and committed to finding innovative ways to build learning into play. The special events such as the Positive Ponies visiting were very, very exciting! Importantly, I observed all the children being celebrated for who they are and every child being respected as an individual. Management's commitment to real inclusion stands out; by normalising difference and including and nurturing everyone they are setting an example that will help shape our future society.

I really can’t thank everyone at the Cottage enough for making my son’s preschool days such a lovely time!

This nursery is definitely deserving of its outstanding certificate. My son has been here since he was 18 months and he has grown and learned so much since being here, from the day he started he has shown a positive change. The team are so informative and shows genuine care for each child and their progression. Even the girls in the office know the children. My son is very comfortable here and has grown a lot of confidence here.

I enjoy the detail on the Famly app which gives me peace of mind and allows the end-of-day catch-up to run smoothly. Also, the nursery's help with food allergies, preferences etc is amazing and it's reassuring to know that my son is being taken care of just as well as he would if he was at home! My son will definitely be here up until he has to go to school, I recommend anybody to come here.

My daughter has been to both The Cottage Day Nursery at Mickleover and on currently at Bedford Street and both have been fantastic! My little girl loves it there, they are very caring and have the kids out in the garden with the rabbit and chickens as much as possible. The food selection is great, and the nursery is clean and well looked after. I would always highly recommend either of the nurseries.