First Chapter Day Nursery
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A day nursery in Ormskirk for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £78.50 a day for 3 months – 5 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2004, with 80 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated April 2025.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months – 5 years3m to 5y | £78.50 | £45.50Morning, 4.5 hrs £48.75Afternoon, 5 hrs |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £7.00 per 15 minutes Early Start
- £12.00 a day Mealsincludes breakfast, lunch & afternoon snack
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Funded places available.
What childcare usually costs in Lancashire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lancashire 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
L40 7SNWhat 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 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are excited to arrive. They receive a warm welcome from staff, who greet them at the door. Children show that they have developed secure attachments with the kind and caring staff as they separate with ease from their parents and carers.
Consequently, children settle quickly into their nursery routines.
Leaders have taken swift action to address the weaknesses raised at the last inspection. Leaders have ensured that all staff, including apprentices and those that are new to the setting, have undertaken a range of professional training to help them understand their roles and responsibilities to safeguard children. Children are safe at this setting. The manager has strengthened the curriculum. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enjoy a wide range of well-planned learning activities that ignite their curiosity and imagination. When outside, staff encourage children to be physically active through team games and using fixed apparatus, such as swings and slides. Staff set clear expectations for behaviour and children behave well. They share and wait their turn during group activities. Staff model how to treat others with respect. Children are kind and caring and say please and thank you to each other. Children are making good progress in their learning and development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- precisely sequence the curriculum to build on what children know and can do.
- 7 June 2024Good
- 4 January 2024Inadequate
- 5 November 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for First Chapter 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 £78.50 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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