Dunky's Day Nursery Warrington
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Warrington for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 November 2024. Open since 2015, with 55 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 Warrington
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Warrington 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
WA5 1AFWhat 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, 1 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide children with a warm and welcoming environment. As a result, children enjoy coming to nursery and separate from their parents well. In the classrooms, children are keen to learn as they explore the highly resourced environment. All are confident as they readily allow visitors to join their play. Staff form strong bonds with children, which helps them to feel safe and secure.
Staff promote babies' communication and language development through songs and rhymes. They sit with younger children as they join in with a 'what's in the bag' session. Older children learn to share and take turns because staff support them to manage their own emotions. This helps them understand the nursery's rules. Staff have high expectations for behaviour. They are positive role models and never miss an opportunity to praise a child's achievements or behaviour.
Consequently, children have good levels of self-esteem and behave very well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to consistently recognise when children can do things more for themselves to support children's developing independence skills n support staff's knowledge of how to sequence children's learning so that their teaching builds on children's existing knowledge and skills.
- 1 November 2024Good
- 4 February 2019Good
- 30 September 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Dunky's Day Nursery Warrington
- 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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