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Nurseries in Ellesmere Port

There are 20 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Ellesmere Port, and 2 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Ellesmere Port

  • Ofsted report cards: 5 settings (11 Strong standard, 11 Expected standard, 8 Needs attention)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 14 settings (14 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Berwick Road Day Nursery Limited - Day nursery, Ellesmere Port CH66 4PN, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 17 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Capenhurst Village Pre School - Pre-school, Ellesmere Port CH1 6HE, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted report card, 27 January 2026: Expected standard in 1 area, Needs attention in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Childsplay Nursery - Day nursery, Ellesmere Port CH66 1LZ, ages 0 to 4, 61 places
    Ofsted, 4 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Early Learning Academy Limited - Day nursery, Ellesmere Port CH65 7BF, ages 0 to 4, 60 places
    Ofsted, 23 April 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Grange House Day Nursery - Day nursery, Ellesmere Port CH66 3RP, ages 0 to 5, 51 places
    Ofsted, 17 August 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Great Sutton Day Nursery - Day nursery, Ellesmere Port CH66 3JZ, ages 0 to 4, 50 places
    Ofsted, 27 October 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hedgehogs Nursery - Pre-school, Ellesmere Port CH66 2JT, ages 1 to 2, 15 places
    Ofsted report card, 2 October 2026: Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 2 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Little Angels Childcare - Day nursery, Ellesmere Port CH66 1NN, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 17 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Meadow Farm Playbus Pre school - Day nursery, Ellesmere Port CH66 2SE, ages 2 to 4, 16 places
    Ofsted, 26 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Meadowlands Pre-School - Day nursery, Ellesmere Port CH66 4SZ, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 20 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Partou Sunny Days Day Nursery & Pre-School - Day nursery, Ellesmere Port CH65 9AY, ages 0 to 4, 52 places
    Ofsted report card, 20 January 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • S4YC @ Hooton Nursery - Day nursery, Ellesmere Port CH66 1QU, ages 0 to 4, 54 places
    Ofsted, 25 August 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • S4YC Ledsham Park Day Nursery - Day nursery, Ellesmere Port CH66 4QN, ages 0 to 4, 102 places
    Ofsted report card, 22 January 2026: Expected standard in 3 areas, Needs attention in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • S4YC Out of School Club & Preschool - Christ Church - Pre-school, Ellesmere Port CH65 6TQ, ages 2 to 11, 30 places
    Ofsted, 5 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • S4YC Out of School Club & Preschool - Sutton Green - Pre-school, Ellesmere Port CH66 4NW, ages 2 to 11, 24 places
    Ofsted, 16 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • S4YC Out of School Club & Preschool - Whitby Heath - Pre-school, Ellesmere Port CH65 6RJ, ages 2 to 11, 48 places
    Ofsted, 18 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • S4YC @ Portside - Day nursery, Ellesmere Port CH65 2BY, ages 1 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted report card, 17 July 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • S4yc @ Stanlaw Abbey - Pre-school, Ellesmere Port CH65 9HE, ages 1 to 4, 68 places
    Ofsted, 14 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St Saviours Pre-School - Pre-school, Ellesmere Port CH66 3NZ, 33 places
  • Wolverham and Stanney Pre-School - Pre-school, Ellesmere Port CH65 9EX, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted, 24 September 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Brookside Kidz Club - Out-of-school club, Ellesmere Port CH66 2EE, 30 places
  • Vara Education - Out-of-school club, Ellesmere Port CH66 1LE, 24 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 Ellesmere Port

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