Grange House Day Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Ellesmere Port for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:15, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2021, though that is 5 years ago now. Open since 2000, with 51 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 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
CH66 3RPWhat 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.
- 14 August 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 17 August 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy the time they spend in this warm and welcoming nursery. They are supported by kind and caring staff and quickly develop close bonds with their key person. Children are confident to lead their own learning and make choices about what they want to play with or do. For example, babies delight in experiencing the different textures of silk scarves and foil as they play with 'under the sea' puppets following a favourite story. They babble and listen carefully as staff speak to them.
Staff know the children well and develop warm and caring relationships with them.
They are kind and reassuring. Children cuddle up to staff when they need comfort.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the monitoring of staff performance and focus even more precisely on identifying how individual staff may raise the quality of teaching to the highest level n support staff to be more attentive to the needs of quieter, less-confident children in order to challenge children fully to develop their thinking and problem-solving skills as they play.
- 17 August 2021Good
- 23 January 2017Good
- 16 October 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Grange House 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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