Chestnut House Day Nursery
Not yet inspectedTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Chester for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £72.00 a day for 2.5 years – 4 years, and they take the funded hours. Ofsted has not yet published a graded inspection. Open since 2024, with 82 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 | £72.00Day | £48.00Half Day, 5 hrs | £346.50Week (Mon- Fri) | |
| All ages | £41.00Day | £7.70Collection before 4.15pm or From 4.15pm and collect before 5.15pm £10.20Breakfast Club £15.40From 4.15pm and collect after 5.15pm or Collection before 5.15pm £23.10Collection after 5.15pm £27.00Half Day, 5 hrs | £199.50Week (Mon-Fri) | |
| 3 months – 2.5 years | £77.00Day | £50.00Half Day, 5 hrs | £360.00Week (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 startneeds booking in advance
- £3.00 a day Lunch
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £7.60 to £7.90 an hour Hourly charge over funding
- £2.00 a day Consumable Charges (Under 5 hours a day)
- £4.00 a day Consumable Charges (Over 5 hours a day)
Discounts
- 10% 10% sibling discountoldest sibling
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
30 hours of funded childcare per week for working parents of children 9 months and older; 15 hours per week for 2-year Early Learning Funding and 3-year universal funding.
Worth knowing. For every funded session, parents pay for meals, snacks and consumables; children eligible for funding schemes are charged for additional hours over the scheme; parents must reconfirm eligibility via HMRC every 3 months; consumables charge waived for 2 or less funded hours per day.
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 6ENWhat 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.
Still missing for Chestnut House 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 £72.00 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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