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Building Blocks Day Nursery Anderton

OutstandingBirth to 5Long established

A day nursery in Northwich for children from birth to 5, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2015, with 42 places.

Call 01606 781081Their website

Cost

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

£6.00an hour, typical for a 2 years old
£5.80an hour, typical for a 3 and 4 years old

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.

The basics

Places, hours and the day

Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.

Who they can take
Birth to 5Registered from birth. Whether there is a baby room is a question for the call.
When it's open
07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a weekFrom their Google listing
Funded hours
Not published, so ask them
Website
bbdn.co.uk
How many children
42 placesMedium for England
How long open
11 yearsLong established
Address
Building Blocks Kindergarten, Hough Lane, Northwich, CW9 6AB

Where it is

CW9 6AB
Ofsted URN EY493508On the register since 15 September 2015
Ofsted

What 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 February 2023 · read the full report

What it is like to attend

Children flourish in this exceptionally well resourced, welcoming and homely nursery. They arrive eager to engage in activities and excitedly seek out their friends to share experiences with. Children's behaviour is exemplary. They display extremely high levels of well-being and engagement. Older children concentrate intently as they practise problem-solving in the water area. They persevere, building on the skills that they have previously learned to enable them to complete the task with little adult direction. For example, in the outdoor water area, the children independently find the way to fill up the water tray by connecting the water tube to the tap and turning it on.

Children are very kind and considerate towards each other and the friendly staff.

Children learn how to share & negotiate. For example, two children who want to play with the same resource are heard negotiating calmly over 'how to make it fair'.

  • 7 February 2023Outstanding
  • 22 February 2017Outstanding

Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.

Still missing for Building Blocks Day Nursery Anderton

  • 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.

Before you ring

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.
Compare

Day nurseries within a couple of miles

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Barton Day Nurseries Northwich

Day nursery · 5 Darwin Street, Castle, Northwich, CW8 1BT

GoodBirth to 508:00 to 18:00, 7 days a week★ 5.0 Google, 1539 placesLong established
1.5 mi
4 min drive
0160676644

Little Leigh Out Of Schoolclub

Day nursery · Little Leigh Primary School, Shutley Lane, Northwich, CW8 4RN

OutstandingBirth to 8+Open all day, usually 8am to 6pm40 placesLong established
1.5 mi
4 min drive
07803862055

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Everything here comes from Ofsted's published childcare register, under the Open Government Licence. Ratings are quoted exactly as Ofsted gave them, with their dates. Read the full Ofsted reports · How we put this together.

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