Outstanding
137 placesWA2 8RS01925 655 498
North West
Childcare in Warrington
213 registered providers with 5,510 places, down 0.6% since December 2021.
62day nurseries
89childminders
35after-school clubs
81newly registered since 2021
55.2%rated Good or better
147closed since 2021
Childminders are disappearing here. Numbers are down 35.5% 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.
Outstanding
113 placesWA5 1UP01925657111
Outstanding
110 placesWA4 2LY01925268000
Outstanding
94 placesWA1 1UL01925417350
Outstanding
80 placesWA4 4NB01925 730 277
Outstanding
78 placesWA4 1JN01925 230233
Outstanding
72 placesWA5 1BD01925 416515
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60 placesWA13 0JG01925 321088
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45 placesWA13 0JT01925320161
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40 placesWA13 0RA01925752111
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31 placesWA4 1JL01925 230 233
Outstanding
26 placesWA3 6TS07875365967
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20 placesWA4 4NT07391483126
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15 placesWA4 3EP07954 160118
Good
141 placesWA13 0NA01925 759 220
Good
129 placesWA5 3TA01925 790655
Good
120 placesWA3 6YL01925 850755
Good
120 placesWA5 3UZ01925 712683
Good
108 placesWA5 1HH01925 906465
Good
106 placesWA5 2TP01925 722399
Good
105 placesWA13 9NL0161 388 2424
Good
102 placesWA4 2XT01925496955
Good
100 placesWA1 3TZ01925 816888
Good
98 placesWA5 9UY01925 594686
Good
96 placesWA5 2RW01925 232202
Good
95 placesWA1 2BW01925 918388
Good
90 placesWA5 3AE01925 728800
Good
81 placesWA4 5NS01925 269032
Good
80 placesWA3 5HH01925767615
Good
74 placesWA5 4JJ01925 224735
Good
72 placesWA13 0QQ01925 756569
Report card Feb 2026
68 placesWA3 6AP01925 815505
Good
67 placesWA2 8TX01925 417615
Good
56 placesWA5 2QS01925790500
Good
55 placesWA4 1AP01925 551700
Good
55 placesWA2 7XE07815822501
Good
55 placesWA5 1AF01925 414 686
Good
55 placesWA3 4EB01925763688
Good
51 placesWA5 4AQ01925299797
Good
50 placesWA2 0JP0800 699 0044
Good
50 placesWA2 0DS01925 816650
Good
48 placesWA4 6LG01925 600111
Good
42 placesWA5 9QA01925 635 903
Good
41 placesWA4 1LQ01925 242425
Good
40 placesWA3 6EA01925813249
Good
40 placesWA3 5AY01617776957
Good
39 placesWA2 7RQ01925 630 879
Good
38 placesWA3 4EH07980 467195
Good
35 placesWA4 4BY01925 730953
Good
35 placesWA2 9BX07986 741 915
Good
33 placesWA1 4PA01925 831840
Good
32 placesWA5 3AL01925 713220
Good
32 placesWA4 6HX01925 215642
Good
30 placesWA3 4BJ07712 318530
Good
30 placesWA4 2SG07809584752
Good
30 placesWA4 4RT07445859676
Good
30 placesWA1 4ES07719184860
Good
28 placesWA5 9RJ01925 444692
Good
28 placesWA4 3AW01925261255
Good
26 placesWA5 3NY07752030476
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottontails Pre-School at St Philips | Warrington | 35 | Outstanding | Jun 2026 |
| St Annes Wasps | Warrington | 30 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Locking Stumps Pre-School | Warrington | 16 | Good | Jun 2026 |
| Conexus Tuition (Lymm) Ltd | Lymm | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Twilight Therapy and Training Solutions Ltd Astronauts Holiday Club | Warrington | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2026 |
| Wind In The Willows Childcare Ltd (Woolston) | Warrington | 100 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Cherry Tree Nursery School | Warrington | 59 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Little Angels Daycare Warrington Ltd | Warrington | 55 | Outstanding | Dec 2025 |
| Jack & Jill Pre-School | Warrington | 32 | Good | Dec 2025 |
| Gorse Covert Wasps | Warrington | 25 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Kool Kids Out Of School | Warrington | 24 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Kip McGrath Lymm | Lymm | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| Mad Science at Appleton Scout Hall | Warrington | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2025 |
| ABC Childcare at Cobbs | Warrington | 68 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Abc Childcare at Broomfields | Warrington | 54 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| School of Play @ Statham Primary School | Lymm | 50 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Funky Friends Link Club Ltd | Burtonwood | 24 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2025 |
| Puddleducks Daycare Nursery and Link Club Limited | Warrington | 64 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Holyrood Nursery Warrington Preschool | Grappenhall | 32 | Good | Dec 2024 |
| Birchwood Wasps | Warrington | 25 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2024 |
| Harp at Padgate | Warrington | 71 | Good | Jun 2024 |
| Fun4kids Childcare | Warrington | 24 | Good | Jun 2024 |
| Springwood Nursery & Link Club | Warrington | 72 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| Sankey Wasps | Warrington | 65 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| Padgate Wasps | Warrington | 50 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| Bruche Wasps | Warrington | 50 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| Woolston Wasps | Warrington | 45 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| Evelyn Street Wasps | Warrington | 40 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| St Ann's Wasps | Warrington | 30 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Sacred Heart Wasps | Warrington | 30 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| St Monica's Wasps | Warrington | 28 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| Gorse Covert Wasps | Warrington | 25 | Good | Dec 2023 |
| St Wilfrid's WASPS | Grappenhall | 20 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| 3Rs Tuition | Warrington | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2023 |
| Statham Little Foxes Preschool And Link Club Ltd | Lymm | 50 | Good | Jun 2023 |
| Cherry Tree Out of School Club | Lymm | 40 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Hollins Green Wasps | Warrington | 25 | Good | Jun 2023 |
| Winwick Pre-School Nursery | Warrington | 16 | Good | Jun 2023 |
| Conexus Tuition Warrington South | Warrington | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| Warrington Youth Club | Warrington | 0 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2023 |
| The Cheshire Day Nursery | Warrington | 80 | Outstanding | Dec 2022 |
| The Lakes Centre Ltd | Warrington | 75 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Welcome Nurseries@Padgate | Warrington | 68 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Chapel Road Childrens Day Nursery | Warrington | 50 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| University of Chester - Warrington Campus | Warrington | 48 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Latchford Wasps | Warrington | 32 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| Funky Friends Link Club | Burtonwood | 32 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Appleton Thorn Pre-School | Warrington | 24 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| St Oswald's Pre-School | Warrington | 24 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| St. Oswald's Pre-School | Warrington | 19 | Good | Dec 2022 |
| 3rs Tuition (lymm) | Lymm | 0 | Not yet inspected | Dec 2022 |
| Stepping Stones Day Nursery | Great Sankey | 98 | Outstanding | Jun 2022 |
| Rainbow Day Nursery | Lymm | 72 | Good | Jun 2022 |
| Poppy and Jacks | Warrington | 64 | Outstanding | Jun 2022 |
| Little Acorns | Warrington | 54 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |
| Fun Out Of School Linkclub | Warrington | 35 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |
| Croft Pre School Warrington | Warrington | 31 | Good | Jun 2022 |
| Little Browsers Pre-School | Warrington | 24 | Good | Jun 2022 |
| Funky Munkys Ltd | Warrington | 24 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |
| Little Acorns And Penketh Primary After School Club | Warrington | 16 | Not yet inspected | Jun 2022 |