Aintree Day Nursery & Kids Club Ltd
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Liverpool for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2022. Open since 2015, with 58 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 Liverpool
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Liverpool 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
L9 9ASWhat 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, 10 January 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled. They enjoy attending this clean, welcoming and homely nursery. Staff know all children very well and it is clear that children's experiences are at the forefront of everything that staff do. Children play in a safe, clean and stimulating environment. They very much enjoy exploring and investigating the activities and toys on offer at the nursery. Younger children make marks in shaving foam with their fingers. Older children squeeze dough and roll it to make snakes. This helps them to develop their hand muscles in preparation for writing.
Staff found that, as a result of the pandemic, some children needed extra help to develop their social skills. Children watch and learn from staff who model how to negotiate with each other during play and how to share and take turns. This shows quieter children how they can join in play with others. Three- and four-year-old children form firm friendships.
Staff have high expectations of children and provide a challenging curriculum based on what they know about children's progress and their interests. This helps to ensure that all children make good progress in preparation for school and life in modern Britain. Children are very well behaved and receive an abundance of praise for resolving their own conflict when it arises.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on staff's questioning techniques to enable children to have more time to think, respond and demonstrate what they know and understand n strengthen the existing arrangements for staff supervision and provide more targeted and precise support to each member of staff, to help them to enhance their teaching skills to the highest level.
- 10 January 2022Good
- 19 July 2017Good
- 5 September 2016Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Aintree Day Nursery & Kids Club Ltd
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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