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Nurseries in Southport

There are 19 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Southport, and 8 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Southport

  • Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (3 Strong standard, 14 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 13 settings (2 Outstanding, 11 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Busy Bees Day Nursery at Southport - Day nursery, Southport PR8 2AT, ages 0 to 4, 111 places
    Ofsted, 10 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Chatterbox Day Nursery - Day nursery, Southport PR9 0ND, ages 0 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 21 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Cherubs Day Nursery - Day nursery, Southport PR8 6DX, ages 0 to 4, 25 places
    Ofsted report card, 24 February 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • footprints@kingsmeadow - Pre-school, Southport PR8 3RS, 20 places
  • Hazeldene Day Nursery - Day nursery, Southport PR8 6AE, ages 0 to 4, 49 places
    Ofsted, 31 August 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kids Count Pre-School - Day nursery, Southport PR9 0TS, ages 3 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 22 April 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kids Planet Ainsdale - Day nursery, Southport PR8 2RF, ages 0 to 4, 47 places
    Ofsted, 14 November 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kids Planet Hoghton House - Day nursery, Southport PR9 0PQ, ages 0 to 4, 95 places
    Ofsted report card, 6 January 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Kids Planet Southport - Day nursery, Southport PR9 9BJ, ages 0 to 4, 168 places
    Ofsted, 21 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Kinderworld Montessori Nursery - Day nursery, Southport PR9 7BL, ages 0 to 4, 173 places
    Ofsted, 29 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Lucy Lockets Day Nursery - Day nursery, Southport PR8 6QN, ages 0 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 26 February 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Natterjacks Day Nursery at St Johns - Day nursery, Southport PR8 3NG, ages 0 to 4, 51 places
    Ofsted, 5 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Partou Curiosity Corner Day Nursery & Pre-School - Day nursery, Southport PR8 6PA, ages 0 to 4, 78 places
    Ofsted, 4 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rocking Horse Nursery (Southport) Limited - Day nursery, Southport PR9 7EQ, ages 0 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 6 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • St Cuthberts Pre-School Playgroup - Day nursery, Southport PR9 7NN, ages 2 to 4, 35 places
    Ofsted, 7 January 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sunflowers Southport Ltd - Day nursery, Southport PR8 4TB, ages 0 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 9 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Frantastic Pre-School - Pre-school, Southport PR9 0TS, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
    Ofsted report card, 26 January 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 1 area; safeguarding standards met
  • The Learning Pad Private Tuition - Pre-school, Southport PR8 3BH
  • Waterloo Preschool - Pre-school, Southport PR8 4RQ, 20 places

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • Fun 4 Kidz - Farnborough Road - Out-of-school club, Southport PR8 3DF, 144 places
  • Fun 4 Kidz - St Philip's - Out-of-school club, Southport PR8 6SS, 18 places
  • Kids Club Southport - Out-of-school club, Southport PR9 9AZ, 30 places
  • Kumon Southport Study Centre - Out-of-school club, Southport PR9 0PE
  • Stagecoach Southport - Out-of-school club, Southport PR8 4LT
  • The Frantastic Club - Out-of-school club, Southport PR9 7DU, 30 places
  • The Frantastic Club @ Norwood - Out-of-school club, Southport PR9 7DU, 50 places
  • Zigzags @ St Patrick's Ltd - Out-of-school club, Southport PR9 9RR, 42 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 Southport

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