Im in Littleover, next door
Mickleover is the 'snobby' part of Derby (along with Darley Abbey, Quandon etc)
Its nice and the old 'village' part is okay
Some of the people that live there though are unbelievable – complaining about and trying to get the Air Ambulance banned from landing at the new hospital (on the edge of Mickleover) because 'it's noisy and disturbing' – FFS, its also saving peoples lives!
Generally its a nice place to live, decent local shops and a smallish Tesco, Mix of housing types from new estates to old cottages and terraced, couple of alright pubs although it is still a suberb and therefore part of the urban sprawl not a village as you describe. The main roads through get very busy at rushhour with people commuting in/out of Derby, esp Uttoxeter Road and Station Road
A&E Hospital just opened on the outskirts of Mickleover and there are plans to build between 800-2000 houses on various greenbelt and brownfield land all around the area, as well as mods to the nearby A38 roundabouts so traffic will likely get alot worse.
Personally I would go further out of Derby if I could afford it or Littleover over Mickleover as parts of it are similar but that bit cheaper
Schools wise it is served by a quite good secondary that alot of people move to the area to try and get kids into
Easy access to M1 via A38 and A50 etc as you are right on southern edge of town Route 6 of the National Cycle Network passes through giving easy access to rides around Ticknall and South Derbyshire etc