Best Friends Day Nursery Chester Limited
Good★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Chester for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:15, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2022, with 51 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 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
CH2 3ADWhat 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.
- 30 June 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 5 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children relish the time they spend in this safe and friendly nursery. They are energetic and motivated learners. To illustrate, quickly after arriving, children immediately explore toys and activities with enthusiasm and excitement. Staff prepare an engaging environment to support children's all-round learning. Children clearly enjoy this fun and stimulating nursery, giggling and laughing as they play.
Staff help children to enjoy reading and literacy. They successfully use humour and energy to deliver inspiring story sessions. Children are encouraged to join in familiar and repetitive parts of stories. Staff model language, pause and discuss illustrations, and children anticipate what will happen next. Children show good listening skills and concentration when reading. Furthermore, children benefit from a well-stocked library. They are encouraged to choose and borrow books. This helps to support continued learning at home.
Staff encourage children to complete tasks for themselves. They wait for children to have a go and offer plenty of encouragement to foster children's resilience. For instance, children are encouraged to wash their plates in warm soapy water after eating. Children relish this additional responsibility and stand tall when they have completed this independent task. Children are self-assured, confident and independent. Children's health is well promoted. They enjoy a nutritious menu and benefit from a freshly cooked, hot meal each day. Kitchen staff lead activities with children, such as baking. This helps children to appreciate where their food comes from and contributes to their positive attitude to healthy eating. Recipes are sent home to encourage parents to prepare balanced and economical meals for their children at home. Furthermore, mealtimes are a wonderfully social experience within the nursery. Children sit together and talk about their day, extending their social skills and continuing to foster their love of mealtimes and healthy food.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure that staff identify age-appropriate next steps to support children's sequenced learning, building on what they already know and can do n develop systems to enable staff to share their expert knowledge about children when they move from one room to another to enable the new key worker to support learning without interruption.
- 5 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 17 April 2024Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Best Friends Day Nursery Chester Limited
- 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
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