Child 1st (Bakewell)

Derbyshire House, Matlock Street, Bakewell DE45 1EE
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  • Child 1st (Bakewell), Bakewell
Child 1st Bakewell was acquired in February 2017, and is based within a stunning Grade ll listed building nestled in the heart of the town of Bakewell in Derbyshire.

A range of child-led and adult-led approaches to learning and exploration are provided by an experienced and motivated staff team.

This welcoming provision is a safe 'home from home' for young children to develop and grow in confidence, playing and learning with their peers.

The chef creates a daily menu of tasty and delicious fresh meals. Any special dietary requirements are taken into account.

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Care Provided by Child 1st (Bakewell)

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Privately Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Sophie Adams (Nursery Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 28
  • Total Places for Children
  • 72
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 3 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 08:00-18:00
    Tuesday 08:00-18:00
    Wednesday 08:00-18:00
    Thursday 08:00-18:00
    Friday 08:00-18:00
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays

Funding & Fees Guide for Child 1st (Bakewell)

  • Full Day - £59.80
    School Day - 54.50
    Full Week - £268.00
  • Parking

  • Large car park onsite


Child 1st (Bakewell) Reviews (145)

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9.9

Child 1st (Bakewell) has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.923) out of 10, based on 50 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Child 1st (Bakewell) has 145 reviews.

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Review from H R (Mother of Child) published on 4 August 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Child 1st Bakewell has helped the development and made learning fun for our 4 year old. We feel extremely happy with the teaching and care our daughters receive. They are shown so much love from their teachers and their key workers are absolutely brilliant at both teaching numeracy and letters but through
to consideration and looking after their well being - our girls bounce in.
A big thank you to the team.

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Review from Pippa L (Mother of Child) published on 4 August 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Really great bunch of staff, good management. Lovely range of activities and my son has really enjoyed his time here. They’ve been flexible and accommodating, handovers are thorough, the family app is used really well so I have a good understanding of his progress.

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Review from M W (Father of Child) published on 27 April 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

All the staff at the nursery are amazing and have been since day one of our daughter's journey. Always so helpful, caring and understanding, they are a fantastic team. Thank you for all you do and for looking after our daughter.

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Review from Eleanor F (Mother of Child) published on 14 April 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Child 1st (Bakewell) Day Nursery has been amazing for my 1-year-old. The development I have seen in him since starting and his confidence is wonderful. He is always so smiley at drop-off and pick-up. The girls always make me feel so confident in leaving him with them and I know he is in safe hands.
The communication and information sharing are really good and it is massively appreciated. Amazing work team baby room and Bakewell nursery.

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Review from Joanna L (Mother of Child) published on 14 April 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter is in a toddler’s group now but started in the baby room over a year ago. Our experience is only positive. All staff members in both rooms are amazing! They are caring, have individual approaches to each child. They organise so many activities! Their imagination is endless. We are being
informed about our child’s progress all the time. Management engages parents in their decisions and keeps us up to date with what is happening.
I’m very happy with Child 1st Day Nursery and would recommend it to any parent.

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Review from Samantha B (Mother of Child) published on 12 April 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My daughter absolutely loves coming to nursery. My husband always says she just goes straight in and doesn't look back! The staff in the preschool are amazing, providing her with exciting activities and my girl talks about each of them in such a positive manner. Especially her key worker she comes up
with fun and exciting learning activities and I love reading her observations each week. I am so happy that my little girl loves it so much!

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Review from Lisa J (Mother of Child) published on 10 April 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

All of my children currently attend Child 1st Bakewell nursery. They all love coming and the staff are incredible with them. The staff are so attentive to their needs, support their learning and education, and keep us as parents fully informed. The Easter activities they did with the children were amazing
and a big hit in our house. Thank you to all the staff, you make leaving my little ones to go to work, a lot easier, knowing how happy they are at nursery.

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Review from F A (Mother of Child) published on 7 April 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Child 1st (Bakewell) is an excellent nursery.
Our children really do love going to nursery. The amount of activities they pack into the day is fantastic, including arts, crafts, maths, learning, writing, numbers and plenty of outdoor time. The nursery park facilities are lovely with a small forest
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The staff are invaluable. They are very invested in developing the children in every room and are particularly caring about the wants and needs of the children. They provide great advice from their experiences. They support the children in their individual interests. The journals we’ve received of crafts and pictures are lovely.
The daily updates on meals, naps and toilet time are very much appreciated.
I would recommend this nursery to anyone!

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Review from Kate B (Mother of Child) published on 7 April 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We have had all our three children at Child 1st Bakewell nursery and I can honestly say I have never had one issue or complaint to make. The children are always happy and well looked after. My children have always been happy to go in in the morning and the staff always know the children well and truly
care about them. It makes such a difference to go off to work knowing your children are happy and safe.

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Review from Alex H (Father of Child) published on 7 April 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The staff have been super with our twins since they joined as babies. They are now three years old and greatly enjoyed every day at Child 1st. The staff work hard to understand their different personalities and to put them at ease. The twins have been encouraged to develop their skills on all fronts,
becoming more confident in groups, developing their understanding of numeracy and language as well as tool use for creating art. They also enjoy nature play and learning about music. The regular online updates of their progress is really detailed and informative, allowing us to understand exactly what they have been up to. The staff always take time to have a conversation with us at pickup time, discussing not only the activities the twins have been up to but also how they have been emotionally and how well they have eaten. We have every confidence in Child 1st and are grateful for all they do for us.

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Review from Sarah G (Mother of Child) published on 22 February 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son started nursery during Covid times, and he also has some extra medical needs, so we were extra nervous about him starting nursery. The staff made him so welcome and reassured us constantly, and he has gone on to love nursery and quite often is not that eager to come home! The staff are kind,
friendly and organised and have recently started encouraging him to use the potty because his friends are!
We feel very lucky to have found this nursery - thank you.

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Review from Sadie H (Mother of Child) published on 25 January 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Child 1st (Bakewell) Day Nursery is honestly amazing. When my daughter first started here she was 1, she couldn't talk much and was only just starting to walk. After over a year of them doing the Every Child a Talker (ECaT) and Every Child a Mover (ECaM) programmes with her they have helped her become
a talkative, running toddler. They are also amazing with any dietary requirements and always keep in touch regarding dietician appointments that I have for my daughter. I can never put into words the gratitude that I have for the staff at the nursery for all that they have done for my daughter and my family! Couldn't recommend this place highly enough!

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Review from S B (Mother of Child) published on 25 January 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

All the staff are so polite, my daughter started in late November and loves it. She's excited to go every morning. She's improved a lot from moving nurseries.
The manager is perfect! She goes above and beyond to answer any inquiries and is such a lovely person! My daughter loves all the activities
and I love receiving pictures of her enjoying day-to-day activities. Thank you. Keep up the good work!

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Review from Jessica W (Mother of Child) published on 25 January 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My little boy started at Child 1st (Bakewell) Day Nursery earlier this month at only 6 months old, I have had the best experience possible. The girls in the baby room are somewhat incredible they are absolutely faultless and management has been so lovely from the start.
They have made me feel so comfortable
leaving him, I was terribly nervous. He goes in smiling and comes home smiling so I couldn't ask for much more. He has already come on massively in the first three weeks, they have been introducing new solid foods and blended which has been a massive help for the weaning process and holding his sippy cup himself (which he now insists he does himself). I get regular updates on what he's been doing on the app which is so reassuring along with pictures. I'm so happy we managed to get him a space, I cannot recommend the nursery enough.

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Review from Ellen N (Mother of Child) published on 3 January 2023
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

All the staff are always happy and so kind and caring with the children. The atmosphere is lovely and my son loves going to preschool. I love the communication on the app it's such a great way to feel included in what my son gets up to in the day. The staff always seem to go the extra yard to make everything
great in every way. Thank you!

Reply from Stuart Harding, Owner at Child 1st (Bakewell)

Thank you for your kind words and review of our nursery. We appreciate you taking the time to write this.


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Review from Ruth M (Mother of Child) published on 23 December 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our son has been at Child 1st (Bakewell) Day Nursery since April 2021 and we've been so impressed so far, even with not being able to ever see inside the nursery before this year due to Covid! The communication has always been great and we've always felt so confident that our child has got the best
care and support we could ask for. The staff have always championed our child and celebrated his every success. It's so lovely to see how much he loves the staff and he enjoys going to nursery very much! Thank you everyone.

Reply from Stuart Harding, Owner at Child 1st (Bakewell)

Thank you for your kind words and taking the time to leave a review, it's much appreciated.


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Review from Nick B (Father of Child) published on 22 December 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Very welcoming and lovely staff. Our sons have both loved going to Bakewell and are more than happy to go in each day. We get lots of feedback about how they are getting on and the care they receive is fantastic.

Reply from Stuart Harding, Owner at Child 1st (Bakewell)

Thank you for taking the time to send a review, it's much appreciated.


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Review from Emma H (Mother of Child) published on 13 September 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Child 1st (Bakewell) Day Nursery was so much more to us than we could have ever imagined. Our little one started at 10 months old and has just left to go to school. At every stage he, and we, have been well supported and he has enjoyed it so much there. There is so much wonderful space and the staff
are super creative in how they use it. The staff are kind, caring and have always gone the extra mile. We will miss our Child 1st family so much! Thanks for the last four years!

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Review from Victoria K (Mother of Child) published on 13 September 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My child has attended Child 1st (Bakewell) Day Nursery for many years and I must say that I could not be happier with them. He has learnt and developed emotionally and physically with them so much.
He has really enjoyed nursery and he asked every morning when he would be going.
He made very good friends
with everybody, this has helped him with moving on to infant school.

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Review from Richard C (Father of Child) published on 6 July 2022
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The nursery have been fantastic settling our son into nursery and helping with his development. The updates they provide are great, especially when we get pictures and videos of what he's doing. The staff are great - friendly, informative and helpful. Always keen to share when we pick him up what he's
been doing and how he's feeling.

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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.923)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.923) out of 10 for Child 1st (Bakewell) is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 50 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 50 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:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.923 for Child 1st (Bakewell) is calculated as follows: ( (555 Excellents x 5) + (37 Goods x 4) + (3 Satisfactorys x 3) + (1 Poors x 2) ) ÷ 596 Ratings = 4.923

  • b) 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 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Child 1st (Bakewell) is based on 50 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4

    • ii) 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 72 number of registered child places is 14.4, which has been reached with 50 Positive reviews. Points = 1

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • 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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