Funtrain Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Birkenhead for children from birth to 8+, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 April 2023. Open since 2005, with 45 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 Wirral
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Wirral 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
CH41 6DLWhat 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, 4 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy their time at the setting. They enter happily and are quickly engaged in a range of interesting play and learning opportunities. Children are safe and feel safe here. Staff provide a calm, warm and welcoming environment. Older babies love to listen to their favourite stories, such as 'Old MacDonald had a Farm'.
They repeatedly ask staff to sing the song to them as they join in. This helps babies to learn the sounds and names of the farm animals. Toddlers persevere at tasks, such as rolling a ball all the way down the zigzag guttering.
The manager and staff have implemented a more balanced and sequenced curriculum. As a result, children, including those who are funded or with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make sustained and steady progress.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - support the staff to firmly embed the new curriculum so that they build on the learning opportunities provided to children n encourage younger children to develop their independence skills.
- 4 April 2023Good
- 24 June 2022Needs improvement
- 23 August 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Funtrain Day 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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