Chapel Grange Montessori Nursery
Good★ 3.7 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Wilmslow for children from birth to 5, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 January 2024. Open since 1996, with 32 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 East
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cheshire East 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
SK9 2BUWhat 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, 5 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. They promote 'Grace and
Courtesy' and support children to learn how to behave well. Children follow the nursery rules with little or no prompting. Children help to stack the chairs after eating. They relish being given special duties and eagerly choose a daily task to complete. Children excitedly tell their friends that they are the 'lunchtime helper'
today. Children demonstrate positive behaviours and attitudes to learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- focus training and professional development more precisely, so that staff are clearer on how to implement what leaders intend and practice is raised to the highest level n strengthen the curriculum for physical development for babies and help them to develop their core strength and coordination further n help all parents to support children's learning at home and provide more consistency in supporting children's progress.
- 5 January 2024Good
- 18 July 2023Inadequate
- 13 February 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Chapel Grange Montessori 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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