Botanic Lodge Nursery
Good★ 3.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Liverpool for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 July 2025. Open since 2013, with 63 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
L7 9LHWhat 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 July 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy, well cared for and safe in this warm and welcoming nursery.
They are supported by an enthusiastic and deeply dedicated staff team. All children make good progress from their starting points in development. Children are inquisitive and eager to join in with the activities and experiences that staff offer.
They settle quickly and have strong bonds with their key persons. Children enjoy high-quality interactions with staff and other children. As a result, they make rapid progress in developing their communication and language skills and in their social and emotional development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the curriculum for early mathematics to extend all children's thinking and knowledge in this area of learning, appropriate to their age and stage of development n strengthen training and coaching for staff to target their individual development needs and help to raise the quality of education.
- 9 July 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 22 October 2019Good
- 27 February 2014Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Botanic Lodge 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
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