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Nurseries in Bootle

There are 11 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Bootle, and 3 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Bootle

  • Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (8 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard, 6 Urgent improvement)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 6 settings (1 Outstanding, 5 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Ashbourne Day Nursery Bootle - Day nursery, Bootle L20 5AE, ages 1 to 4, 53 places
    Ofsted, 14 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Early Learners Day Nursery - Day nursery, Bootle L30 4XS, 86 places
  • Explorers Bootle - Day nursery, Bootle L20 3DG, ages 0 to 4, 104 places
    Ofsted, 16 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Footprints@netherton - Pre-school, Bootle L30 5QH, ages 2 to 4, 22 places
    Ofsted report card, 14 January 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Goslings Nursery - Day nursery, Bootle L20 4LX, 9 places
  • K8Z Cheeky Monkeyz - Day nursery, Bootle L30 7PT, ages 0 to 4, 80 places
    Ofsted report card, 14 May 2026: Urgent improvement in 6 areas; safeguarding standards not met
  • Little Kings & Queens Nursery - Day nursery, Bootle L20 3HZ, ages 0 to 4, 58 places
    Ofsted, 14 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Nethertots Nursery - Pre-school, Bootle L30 1QW, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 16 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Northfield Forest School Nursery - Pre-school, Bootle L20 0BZ, ages 2 to 4, 18 places
    Ofsted report card, 16 April 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Treetops Nursery Bootle - Day nursery, Bootle L20 4AL, ages 1 to 4, 110 places
    Ofsted, 28 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Wind In The Willows Childcare (Sefton) - Day nursery, Bootle L30 5RH, ages 0 to 4, 70 places
    Ofsted, 15 June 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Fun 4 Kidz - Christ Church - Out-of-school club, Bootle L20 3JL, 36 places
  • Fun 4 Kidz - Springwell Park - Out-of-school club, Bootle L20 6PG, 42 places
  • Fun 4 Kidz - St Robert Bellarmine - Out-of-school club, Bootle L20 6ED, 40 places

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Bootle

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.