ABC Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Whitehaven for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:00, 7 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2022. Open since 2004, with 54 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Cumberland
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cumberland from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
CA28 7PGWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 7 December 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Relationships between staff and children are positive. Children have adapted well to any changes made during the COVID-19 pandemic. They continue to separate easily from parents at the entrance door. Children are happy, settled and assured.
They clearly enjoy their time at this welcoming and safe nursery. Staff value children. They praise children's every achievement by saying phrases, such as
'good job'. This contributes towards children adopting a high sense of self-worth.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to build more consistently on babies' developing breadth of vocabulary and early pronunciation skills, to help them to make the best rates of progress in their communication and language development from the onset n expand the range of professional development for new staff, to help to raise their knowledge, skills and teaching practice to the highest levels.
- 7 December 2022Good
- 5 January 2017Good
- 11 December 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for ABC Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.