Ash Tree Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Chester for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £68.00 a day for 2.5 years – 4 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2025. Open since 2017, with 97 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated 1st January 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 years – 4 years2y to 5y | £68.00Day | £44.00Half Day, 5 hrs | £321.00Week (Mon- Fri) | |
| All ages | £38.00Holiday Club – Day | £7.40After School Club – Collection before 4.15pm £14.80After School Club – Collection before 5.15pm £22.20After School Club – Collection after 5.15pm £24.00Holiday Club – Half Day, 5 hrs | £175.00Holiday Club – Week (Mon-Fri) | |
| 3 months – 2.5 years | £70.00Day | £45.00Half Day, 5 hrs | £334.00Week (Mon- Fri) |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 per 15 minutes 7:30am start (second sibling)
- £1.00 a day Breakfast
- £2.00 a day Tea
- £2.00 per 15 minutes 7:30am startbooking in advance
- £3.00 a day Lunch
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £7.00 to £7.30 an hour Hourly charge over funding
- £1.00 a day Consumable Charges – 11/15 hour 3 hour session
- £2.00 a day Consumable Charges – Under 5 hours a day
- £4.00 a day Consumable Charges – Over 5 hours a day
Discounts
- 10% Sibling discountoldest sibling
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
30 hours working family funding, 15 hours 2-year Early Learning Funding, 15 hours universal 3-year funding.
Worth knowing. For every funded session, we ask parents to pay the above rates for the meals, snacks and consumables (if applicable) as appropriate to the session being attended. Children eligible for funding schemes will be charged for additional hours taken over and above the scheme. In order to remain eligible for 30-hours Working Family Funding, the responsibility is on parents to reconfirm their eligibility via HMRC every 3 months.
What childcare usually costs in Cheshire West and Chester
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cheshire West and Chester 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
CH1 5NFWhat 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, 9 May 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff build strong and supportive attachments with all children and their families.
Parents appreciate the respectful relationships that managers have created. These relationships help children to bond quickly with staff. Children are happy and secure. They are motivated and willing to learn new skills. Staff use children's interests to plan activities that immerse children in meaningful learning. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress. The curriculum builds on the knowledge and skills that children already have and what they need to learn next. Children gain an abundance of skills they will need to thrive in the next stage of their learning.
Children are confident and hold meaningful conversations with their friends and adults. They happily approach adults and involve them in their play. Babies are curious and inquisitive. They delight as staff engage them in a singing activity.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- deploy staff effectively and ensure they are clear in what their roles are to best support the needs of all children n support staff to organise daily routines that support children's learning experiences effectively.
- 9 May 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 23 May 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ash Tree Day Nursery
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £68.00 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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.
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