Outstanding
66 placesWA11 7PQ01744 672026
North West
Childcare in St Helens
98 registered providers with 3,192 places, down 4.3% since December 2021.
42day nurseries
40childminders
6after-school clubs
46newly registered since 2021
66.7%rated Good or better
55closed since 2021
Childminders are disappearing here. Numbers are down 21.6% since December 2021, against a national fall of about 24%.
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Settings across the council
The sixty largest and best-rated. Childminders are not named, because Ofsted withholds them.
Report card Mar 2026
64 placesWA10 1PZ01744 623132 (
Outstanding
50 placesWA9 5QH01744 811112
Outstanding
39 placesWA9 5NH07917795687
Outstanding
30 placesWA10 2TZ01744 454 569
Good
156 placesWA9 4DA01744 633144
Good
146 placesWA10 6SG01744 451925
Good
136 placesWA12 9TX01925 279266
Good
127 placesWA11 0JU01744627925
Good
120 placesWA11 7SD01744 886166
Report card Dec 2025
118 placesWA9 5GG01744 833777
Good
110 placesWA9 3BN01744759768
Good
96 placesWA9 5AB01744 454 111
Good
88 placesWN5 7HR01744 893 500
Report card Feb 2026
86 placesWA10 1ET07846610020
Good
84 placesWA10 3RE01744603785
Good
83 placesWA12 9EZ01925 222800
Good
81 placesWA10 4QG01744753111
Good
73 placesWA9 3UG01744817771
Good
71 placesWA9 1QU01744747247
Good
68 placesWA10 5PJ01744 754 555
Good
64 placesWA10 1TF01744 750 848
Good
61 placesWA10 4LZ01744 757 999
Good
55 placesWA10 2JL07952313780
Good
54 placesWA12 9XD01925223445
Good
54 placesWA9 2JE01744 22021
Good
54 placesWA11 8AL01744 525057
Good
50 placesL34 2QE01514310008
Good
50 placesWA10 4NQ01744 754 932
Good
50 placesWA8 3UZ0151 420 4596
Good
44 placesWA10 3HL01744 23664
Good
43 placesL35 8PB01514300990
Good
38 placesWA10 3HX01744 613 427
Good
36 placesWA9 3UU07956260127
Good
30 placesL35 7JS0151 430 8005
Good
30 placesWA10 3SE07970271223
Not yet inspected
115 placesL35 6NE0151 289 2674
Report card Jan 2026
81 placesWA12 9YG01925 551756
Report card Nov 2025
79 placesWA12 9UR01925223465
Not yet inspected
69 placesWA10 2DW01744411600
Not yet inspected
60 placesWA11 9QF01744 585059
Not yet inspected
48 placesWA11 0NJ07749873295
Not yet inspected
44 placesWA12 9DD01925 227123
Not yet inspected
41 placesWA11 9RZ07736 287244
Report card Jan 2026
31 placesWA10 4HX07934897227
Not yet inspected
19 placesWN5 7TX01744678230
Not yet inspected
WA12 9RX7789743893
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WA10 1RE0174424004
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WA9 3NF07916 025557
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WA9 3UB07762745607
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WA9 3EZ01744903701
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WA10 1PQ01744739900
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WA12 9SP01925270417
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WA12 0AQ01925 224223
No longer open
Settings that have closed
Worked out by comparing consecutive Ofsted releases; the closure falls in the six months before the date shown.
| Setting | Town | Places it had | Last rating | Gone by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mad Science at Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School | Prescot | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Little Angels Nursery School | St. Helens | 65 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| St Paul's Pre-School | St. Helens | 41 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| St.Julie's Club | St.Helens | 24 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Full Of Beans Holiday Camp | Wigan | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Linden House Day Nursery | Newton-Le-Willows | 81 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| The Foxes @ St Marys | Newton-Le-Willows | 66 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Patterdale Lodge Day Nursery | Newton-Le-Willows | 50 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Willow Park Day Nursery | St. Helens | 29 | Good | Jun 2025 |
| Brooklands Childcare Ltd | Wigan | 94 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Little Foxes (Newton Le Willows) | Newton Le Willows | 53 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Tower Tots | Prescot | 25 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Central Link Children's Centre Nursery | St Helens | 12 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| SK4 Camp - St. Peters CofE | Newton-Le-Willows | 15 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2024 |
| Parr Children Centre Nursery | St Helens | 14 | Good | Jun 2024 |
| Little Saints Nursery | St. Helens | 88 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| S4K Camp - St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Wigan | 30 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Derwent Road Playgroup | St Helens | 24 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| S4K Camp - Corpus Christi | St. Helens | 10 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Raring Stars | St. Helens | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Evolution Childcare @ Newton House | Newton-Le-Willows | 71 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Welcome Nurseries@St Helens | St. Helens | 116 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Precious Little Ones | St. Helens | 73 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| S4k Corpus Christi Primary School Camp | St. Helens | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |