Handkerchief Day Nursery

High Street, Kegworth, Derby DE74 2DA
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8.7 41 Reviews
  • Handkerchief Day Nursery, Derby
One of the best features of Handkerchief Day Nursery Kegworth has to be the extensive outdoor area. Highly experienced Forest School leaders provide daily Forest School sessions for children at the nursery. Practitioners support the children to use real tools to chop wood and use the fire pit to cook meals and heat up hot chocolate and the discovery cabin supports children's learning in the great outdoors in all weathers.

Both indoors and out, children are encouraged to explore a range of open-ended resources which create magic, awe and wonder on a daily basis.

Dedicated and highly knowledgeable staff encourage children's natural sense of curiosity and inspire and nurture inquisitive minds in all their key children.

The smell of fresh bread and the chef's famous lemon drizzle cake fills the air around lunchtime as children are provided with healthy delicious meals made from locally sourced products.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Sara Williams (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 30

Total Places for Children

  • 110

Age Range

  • from 0 years 1 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Funding & Fees

  • F/D £56.50
    AM/PM £31.50

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:00-18:30
    Tuesday 07:00-18:30
    Wednesday 07:00-18:30
    Thursday 07:00-18:30
    Friday 07:00-18:30

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

Parking

  • There is parking onsite

Handkerchief Day Nursery Reviews (41)

8.7

Handkerchief Day Nursery has a Review Score of 8.7 (8.740) out of 10, based on 6 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Handkerchief Day Nursery has 41 reviews.

Overall Experience
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Date Published
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Reviewer Connection to Handkerchief Day Nursery
  • 35
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Total of 41, showing 41-41
Review from Amanda B (Mother of Child) published on 6 December 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We recently moved our daughter to Pre-School at Handkerchief and my only regret is not sending her from a baby. This is a truly wonderful nursery set in beautiful gardens, with a huge number of additional activities on offer (yoga, music, cricket, French). In particular, Forest School is fantastic and
the children spend a lot of time outdoors either in the garden (with the hens and the guinea pigs) or on the bikes in the tennis court - our 3 year old daughter comes home buzzing with excitement (and rosy cheeks) every day.


Activities are planned all day long and the 'grown ups' are constantly interacting with the children. Arriving for pick up after 5pm, often they are just starting a new activity - we were really taken aback that the energy levels of the staff are still so high that late in the day.


I was really struck by the confidence all of the children show and this is testament to the care and nurturing they receive from the staff.


A fantastic nursery.

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Current Review Score: 8.7 (8.740)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 8.7 (8.740) out of 10 for Handkerchief Day Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 6 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.8 out of 5 from 6 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.917 for Handkerchief Day Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (68 Excellents x 5) + (2 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 72 Ratings = 4.917
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 3.823 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Handkerchief Day Nursery is based on 6 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 20 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews, 0.05 Points for the next five Positive Reviews, and finally 0.025 Points for the next ten Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.050, 7th = 0.050, 8th = 0.050, 9th = 0.050, 10th = 0.050, 11th = 0.025, 12th = 0.025, 13th = 0.025, 14th = 0.025, 15th = 0.025, 16th = 0.025, 17th = 0.025, 18th = 0.025, 19th = 0.025, 20th = 0.025) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.05 = 3.55
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 110 number of registered child places is 22. 6 Positive Reviews ÷ 22 = 0.273
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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