Ducklings Stapleford Pop Out and Play

Welcome to Ducklings Nursery in Stapleford – a safe, welcoming day nursery where your little one can grow.

Located on the suburbs of Nottingham, our new children’s nursery can be found in the Stapleford Community Pavilion – a new, £7.5million, state-of-the-art building that aims to bring together local people. This is the perfect home for our forward-thinking nursery, and we aim to support their mission of promoting active lifestyles by offering a unique curriculum that places a special focus on sports and physical education.

Our team is made up of a number of sports leaders and practitioners, who recognise that an early exposure to movement and physical activity can go a long way in improving a child’s motor skills, coordination, confidence and overall wellbeing. As one of the only local nurseries to take a sports-in-residence approach to learning, we welcome a number of expert instructors each term who introduce the children to a wide range of age-appropriate activities, from football and tennis to capoeira, gymnastics and more.

We make full use of all the sports facilities within the Pavilion, so your child has access to safe, modern facilities where they can explore and develop new skills.

Our curriculum incorporates the EYFS framework and develops into a new and more progressive approach that places sports and physical education at the core. We draw on the expertise of established organisations, such as the National Early Years Active Start Partnership (NEYASP), Early Years PE and the Education Endowment Foundation, to inform our way of working.

We believe in offering more than traditional child care, and we want to truly become a part of the local community by also offering parent and child wellness workshops that cover topics like stress management, mindfulness and healthy living.

Our ultimate objective is that every child will leave our nursery with the belief that they can physically achieve even the most challenging goals.

Times and availability

Age Range: 0 to 5 years

Opening Times

Open all year round except for a week over Christmas and the last week of August.

For those paying consumables charges, you can create your own package of attendance of whichever combination of sessions suit you.

For *completely free* funded places we request that you supply your own, fruit only snacks,?packed tea that meets the food from home guidelines (available and updated by your nursery manager as and when children's allergies change ), nappies, wipes, nappy sacks, rash cream, sun cream.

For those wanting the 30 hours free funding we offer this on a stretched (50 week) basis which is equivalent to 22.8 free hours per week to be taken over 5 afternoons 1.00pm - 5.30 pm, where the nursery manager deems appropriate and according to best fit ratios in the room.

For those just wanting the 15 hours free funding we offer this on a stretched (50 week) basis which is equivalent to 11.4 free hours per week to be taken on a Friday 9 hours between 8.30 and 5.30pm and Monday 2.4 hours where the nursery manager deems appropriate and according to best fit ratios in the room.