Nurseries in Warrington

There are 90 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Warrington, and 37 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Warrington

Ofsted report cards: 11 settings (37 Strong standard, 25 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention)
Ofsted grades before November 2025: 68 settings (14 Outstanding, 54 Good)

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

Childminders and home childcarers

89 registered childminders in Warrington (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)
8 registered home childcarers in Warrington (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)

Childminders look after children in their own homes. We show how many are registered, not who they are.

Nurseries and pre-schools

ABC 123 Day Nursery Ltd - Day nursery, Warrington WA2 8TX, ages 1 to 4, 67 places
Ofsted, 12 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
ABC Pre-School - Day nursery, Warrington WA3 4BJ, ages 2 to 4, 30 places
Ofsted, 8 December 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Appleton Thorn Preschool and Little Woodland - Pre-school, Warrington WA4 4RT, ages 1 to 3, 30 places
Ofsted, 16 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Ashbourne Day Nursery at Padgate - Day nursery, Warrington WA2 0JP, ages 1 to 4, 50 places
Ofsted, 25 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Back to the Garden Childcare Lymm - Day nursery, Lymm WA13 9NL, ages 0 to 4, 105 places
Ofsted, 5 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Barton Day Nurseries Golborne - Day nursery, Warrington WA3 3EY, ages 0 to 4, 52 places
Ofsted, 16 August 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Blackbrook Nursery School - Day nursery, Warrington WA2 0DS, ages 2 to 4, 50 places
Ofsted, 5 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Bright Horizons Callands Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Warrington WA5 9UY, ages 0 to 10, 98 places
Ofsted, 13 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Bright Horizons Warrington Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Warrington WA5 1HH, ages 0 to 5, 108 places
Ofsted, 30 August 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Butterfly's Nursery - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 1LN, ages 2 to 4, 25 places
Ofsted report card, 14 January 2026: Expected standard in 3 areas, Needs attention in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
Calllands Pre-School & Link Club - Pre-school, Warrington WA5 9RJ, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
Ofsted, 11 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Chapelford Village Nursery And Lets Be Kids Out of School Club - Day nursery, Warrington WA5 3AL, ages 2 to 8, 32 places
Ofsted, 3 June 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Chapel Road Little Explorers Limited - Day nursery, Warrington WA5 2NB, ages 1 to 4, 61 places
Ofsted report card, 6 July 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
Cherry Tree Nursery School - Day nursery, Warrington WA2 7BS, ages 0 to 4, 185 places
Ofsted report card, 26 August 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
Cottontails Day Nursery - Burtonwood Village - Day nursery, Warrington WA5 4JJ, ages 0 to 4, 74 places
Ofsted, 6 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Cromdale Way Pre-school - Pre-school, Warrington WA5 3NY, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
Ofsted, 11 January 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Dunkys Day Nursery Culcheth - Day nursery, Warrington WA3 4EB, 55 places
Ofsted, 16 September 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Dunky's Day Nursery Sankey - Day nursery, Warrington WA5 3AE, ages 1 to 11, 90 places
Ofsted, 26 May 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Dunky's Day Nursery Warrington - Day nursery, Warrington WA5 1AF, ages 0 to 4, 55 places
Ofsted, 1 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Dunkys Forest School & Nursery at Gullivers World - Day nursery, Warrington WA5 9YZ, ages 2 to 7, 97 places
Ofsted report card, 18 June 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
First Choice Nursery - Day nursery, Warrington WA5 1AJ, ages 1 to 4
Ofsted, 12 April 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Fun4kids Childcare Burtonwood LTD - Pre-school, Warrington WA5 4AQ, ages 2 to 11, 51 places
Ofsted, 22 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Grappenhall Pre-school - Pre-school, Warrington WA4 2SG, ages 2 to 5, 30 places
Ofsted, 17 October 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Great Sankey Nursery - Day nursery, Warrington WA5 3TA, ages 0 to 4, 129 places
Ofsted, 10 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Green Park Day Nursery - Day nursery, Warrington WA5 2RW, ages 0 to 4, 96 places
Ofsted, 16 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Hayley's Little Heroes - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 1AP, ages 0 to 10, 55 places
Ofsted, 16 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Heathfield House Day Nursery - Day nursery, Warrington WA3 6AP, ages 0 to 4, 68 places
Ofsted report card, 4 February 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
Holly Grange Montessori - Day nursery, Lymm WA13 0RA, ages 0 to 3, 40 places
Ofsted, 21 August 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
Holyrood Nursery Warrington - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 2XT, ages 0 to 4, 102 places
Ofsted, 15 June 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Jack and Jill Pre-School - Pre-school, Warrington WA5 9PA, 34 places
Kalgarth Grange Nursery School - Day nursery, Warrington WA1 3TZ, ages 0 to 4, 100 places
Ofsted report card, 29 September 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
Kids Planet Appleton Thorn - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 5NS, ages 0 to 4, 81 places
Ofsted, 20 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Kids Planet - Beamont - Day nursery, Warrington WA2 7RQ, ages 0 to 4, 39 places
Ofsted, 10 August 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Kids Planet Great Sankey - Day nursery, Warrington WA5 2TP, ages 0 to 4, 106 places
Ofsted, 15 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Kids Planet Lymm - Day nursery, Lymm WA13 0NA, 141 places
Ofsted, 19 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Kids Planet Penketh - Day nursery, Warrington WA5 2QS, ages 0 to 4, 56 places
Ofsted, 30 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Kids Planet Stretton - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 4NB, ages 0 to 4, 80 places
Ofsted, 21 June 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
Kids Planet Warrington - Day nursery, Legh Street WA1 1UL, ages 0 to 4, 94 places
Ofsted, 16 November 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
Kids Planet Woolston - Day nursery, Warrington WA1 4QL, ages 0 to 4, 64 places
Ofsted report card, 28 July 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
Kindergarten - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 1JL, ages 3 to 4, 31 places
Ofsted, 17 March 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
Let's Be Kids (Chapelford) - Day nursery, Warrington WA5 3AL, 65 places
Let's Be Kids (Cinnamon Brow) - Day nursery, Warrington WA2 0SF, ages 0 to 11, 40 places
Ofsted report card, 9 April 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 4 areas, Needs attention in 1 area; safeguarding standards met
Little Angels Daycare Warrington Ltd. - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 6ZE, ages 1 to 3, 56 places
Ofsted report card, 3 September 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
Little Angels Day Nursery - Day nursery, Warrington WA3 3DG, ages 0 to 3, 25 places
Ofsted, 5 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Little Angels Preschool - Day nursery, Warrington WA3 3DG, ages 2 to 11, 62 places
Ofsted, 13 April 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Little Angels St Thomas - Pre-school, Warrington WA3 3TH, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
Ofsted report card, 11 May 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
Little Bears - Day nursery, Warrington WA2 9BX, ages 1 to 10, 35 places
Ofsted, 21 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Little Lot Nursery Limited - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 6HX, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
Ofsted, 1 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Little Treasures - Day nursery, Warrington WA5 1BD, ages 0 to 10, 72 places
Ofsted, 11 October 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
Locking Stumps Pre school - Pre-school, Birchwood WA3 7PH, 16 places
Lynton Private Day Nursery - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 4BY, ages 0 to 4, 35 places
Ofsted, 23 August 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
My Ohana IKEA Warrington - Pre-school, Warrington WA5 7TY
Nest In The Woods - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 3EP, 15 places
Ofsted, 26 July 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
Newchurch Pre-school Limited - Pre-school, Warrington WA3 4EH, ages 0 to 4, 38 places
Ofsted, 10 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Nurture, Grow and Learn Childcare - Day nursery, Warrington WA2 7XE, ages 0 to 4, 55 places
Ofsted, 29 March 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Old Hall Pre- School & Link Club - Pre-school, Warrington WA5 9QA, ages 2 to 10, 42 places
Ofsted, 9 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Optima Tennis - Pre-school, Warrington WA4 3HQ
Oughtrington Pre School - Pre-school, Lymm WA13 9JD, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
Ofsted, 28 November 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Our Lady's Wasps - Day nursery, Latchford WA4 1JD, 20 places
Padgate Wasps - Pre-school, Warrington WA2 0QJ, ages 2 to 11, 45 places
Ofsted report card, 19 May 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 areas; safeguarding standards met
Playdays Pre-School (Woolston) - Pre-school, Warrington WA1 4PA, ages 2 to 4, 33 places
Ofsted, 1 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Rainbow Day Nursery - Day nursery, Lymm WA13 0QQ, ages 0 to 4, 72 places
Ofsted, 17 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Rixton-With-Glazebrook Pre-School - Day nursery, Warrington WA3 5AY, ages 2 to 4, 40 places
Ofsted, 13 July 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Rosebank Naturegarden - Day nursery, Lymm WA13 0JT, ages 2 to 11, 45 places
Ofsted, 18 September 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
Stagecoach Performing Arts Warrington - Pre-school, Warrington WA4 5JL
Starbrite Nursery - Day nursery, Warrington WA3 2NL, ages 2 to 4, 35 places
Ofsted, 7 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Stepping Stones Day Nursery - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 6LG, ages 0 to 4, 48 places
Ofsted, 18 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Stepping Stones Day Nursery - Day nursery, Great Sankey WA5 3UZ, ages 0 to 4, 120 places
Ofsted, 15 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
St Matthews Pre-School - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 4NT, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
Ofsted, 9 January 2025: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
St Monica's Nursery and Forest School - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 3AW, ages 2 to 4, 28 places
Ofsted, 7 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
St Nicholas House - Day nursery, Birchwood Park WA3 6YL, ages 0 to 4, 120 places
Ofsted, 1 December 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
St Philips Westbrook Holiday Club - Pre-school, Warrington WA5 8UE
Superstars - Broomfields - Pre-school, Warrington WA4 3AE
The Cheshire Day Nursery - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 1JN, ages 0 to 3, 78 places
Ofsted, 6 June 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
The Cheshire Day Nursery @ Guardian Street - Day nursery, Warrington WA5 1UP, ages 0 to 4, 113 places
Ofsted, 18 April 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
The Cheshire Day Nursery @ Thelwall - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 2LY, ages 0 to 4, 110 places
Ofsted, 20 September 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
The Cheshire Day Nursery @ Winwick - Day nursery, Warrington WA2 8RS, ages 0 to 4, 137 places
Ofsted, 19 April 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
The Little Penguins Day Nursery - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 1LQ, ages 1 to 4, 41 places
Ofsted, 15 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
The Rosebank Centre - Day nursery, Warrington WA13 0JG, ages 0 to 3, 60 places
Ofsted, 29 October 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
The Stables Nursery School Ltd - Day nursery, Warrington WA4 4ED, ages 0 to 4, 71 places
Ofsted, 31 August 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
The Village Pre-School (Gorse Covert) - Pre-school, Warrington WA3 6TS, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
Ofsted, 14 June 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
The Willows Nursery School Ltd - Day nursery, Warrington WA1 2BW, ages 0 to 5, 95 places
Ofsted, 29 October 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Thrive Culcheth - Day nursery, Warrington WA3 5HH, ages 0 to 4, 80 places
Ofsted, 17 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Warren Preschool Ltd - Day nursery, Warrington WA1 4ES, ages 2 to 10, 30 places
Ofsted, 11 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Warrington Youth Zone - Pre-school, Warrington WA1 4LS
Warrington Youth Zone - Pre-school, Warrington WA2 7NG
Whitley Community Pre-School - Pre-school, Warrington WA4 4EJ, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
Ofsted, 21 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Wind In The Willows Childcare (Longbarn) - Day nursery, Warrington WA2 0QQ, ages 0 to 4, 26 places
Ofsted, 24 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Woodland Adventure Nursery - Day nursery, Warrington WA3 3QA, ages 1 to 4, 94 places
Ofsted, 26 June 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Woodside Barn Day Nursery - Day nursery, Warrington WA3 6EA, ages 1 to 4, 40 places
Ofsted, 7 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

3rs Tuition (Culcheth) Ltd. - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA3 5SJ
3Rs Tuition Latchford - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA4 2RP
3Rs Tuition Lymm - Out-of-school club, Lymm WA13 0AB
3Rs Tuition Padgate - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA1 3DU
3Rs Tuition (Sankey) - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA5 3HG
Beamont Wasps - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA2 7RQ, 30 places
Bruche Wasps - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA1 3TT, 35 places
ComputerXplorers Culcheth - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA3 5HH
Conexus Tuition Lymm Class - Out-of-school club, Lymm WA13 0QS
Cookies Link Club - Out-of-school club, Great Sankey WA5 3NR, 32 places
Cool Stars - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA3 1EW, 48 places
Cygnets of Moore LTD - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA4 6UG, 38 places
Evelyn Street Wasps - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA5 1BD, 30 places
Ferry Link Club Ltd - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA4 2SX, 80 places
First Kick Football - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA4 3AE, 30 places
First Kick Football - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA4 5JL, 40 places
Footprints In The Forest - Forest School - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA5 3AL, 50 places
Funky Friends Link Club Ltd - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA5 4PN, 26 places
Jumping Jacks Before and Afterschool Club - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA3 2RZ, 24 places
Kids Planet Penketh OOSC - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA5 2QY, 26 places
Kingswood Wasps - Out-of-school club, Westbrook WA5 7XQ, 35 places
Kip McGrath Lymm - Out-of-school club, Lymm WA13 0QH
Kool Kids Out Of School - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA5 2PN, 24 places
Kool Kids out of School Ltd - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA5 2AU, 40 places
Kumon Warrington Great Sankey Study Centre - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA5 3LX
Little Penguins Link Club - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA1 2GN, 90 places
Locking Stumps Lynx Club - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA3 7PH, 45 places
Park Road Wasps - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA5 3NY, 30 places
Pro Sport Coaching - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA4 3EA, 40 places
Raring Stars - St Oswald's Primary - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA1 3LB
Sacred Heart Wasps - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA5 1NS, 25 places
Sankey Wasps - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA5 3TX, 65 places
St Monica's Wasps - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA4 3AW, 30 places
ST Stephens Wasps - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA2 9HS, 20 places
St Wilfrid's Wasps Grappenhall - Out-of-school club, Grappenhall WA4 3EP, 30 places
Warrington Education Centre - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA2 7LN
Woolston Wasps - Out-of-school club, Warrington WA1 4NW, 40 places

Nursery groups with settings here

Kids Planet Day Nurseries Limited (9 here)
The Cheshire Day Nursery Limited (5 here)
Dunkys Day Nurseries Ltd (4 here)
Little Angels (NorthWest) Limited (3 here)
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited (2 here)
Busy Nought to Fives Limited (2 here)
Stepping Stones Nurseries Limited (2 here)
ABC Pre-School Limited (1 here)
Ashbourne Day Nurseries Limited (1 here)
Storal Nurseries Limited (1 here)
Tinies U.K. Limited (1 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)

Towns in Warrington

Nurseries in Lymm (6)

Schools in Warrington

Schools in Warrington
Schools in Warrington council area
Sandy Lane Nursery and Forest School - Nursery
Alderman Bolton Primary School - Primary
All Saints Catholic Primary School, Golborne, Wigan - Primary
Appleton Thorn Primary School - Primary
Barrow Hall Community Primary School - Primary
Beamont Primary School - Primary
Bewsey Lodge Academy - Primary
Birchwood CofE Primary School - Primary
Bradshaw Primary School - Primary
Brook Acre Community Primary School - Primary
Broomfields Junior School - Primary
Bruche Academy - Primary

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