Hetty (Hoole Enterprise Trust - Time for You)
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Chester for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 17:45, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2007, with 56 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Worth knowing. Where available, eligible funded hours may be stretched across more weeks of the year.
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
CH2 3HBWhat 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.
- 5 January 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 5 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are eager to enter this nursery. They engage for extended periods with their chosen activities. Children are supported by staff who engage purposefully in their play. Children use large blocks to make an 'aeroplane'. When they want to make it longer, staff pose questions such as, 'How can we do that?' Children add more blocks and say to their friends, 'Fly with me to America.' These supportive and nurturing relationships help children to feel safe, secure and motivated to learn.
Children show pride in their achievements. As children draw pictures, they proudly display their work. Staff immediately praise their efforts. Children show visitors plants that they are growing. They talk about how they have watered them daily and the changes they have noticed, such as when the roots started to grow.
Children are confident in their own abilities and make good progress.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider the planning and organisation of large-group activities to ensure that children achieve the best possible outcomes from these experiences.
- 5 May 2023Good
- 9 November 2022Inadequate
- 19 April 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hetty (Hoole Enterprise Trust - Time for You)
- What it costs
- 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
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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
- 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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