Hoole Bank Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Chester for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 1997, with 42 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours free childcare funding.
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 4ESWhat 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, 30 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff greet children and their parents with a warm welcome. Children are confident individuals, who are eager to explore the exciting learning environment that staff have planned for them. For example, babies use their senses as they explore the inviting baby garden. Toddlers play with the toy sea animals in the water tray, and pre-school children develop their creativity as they make a pretend cake.
Leaders plan an ambitious curriculum that is based on children's needs and interests and builds on what they know and can do. They place a high priority on supporting children's and staff's emotional well-being. Children start their day with the welcome song, and they are supported to talk about how they are feeling.
Throughout the day, staff continue to develop children's understanding of feelings and emotions. This helps children to talk about when they are feeling tired or hungry. Children's achievements are recognised and celebrated through continuous praise, encouragement and reward systems, such as 'star of the week'. All children and staff demonstrate that they feel valued, motivated and well supported. This creates a nurturing and positive atmosphere for children.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop further the curriculum to improve pre-school children's knowledge of mathematical concepts.
- 30 July 2024Good
- 30 January 2019Good
- 12 April 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hoole Bank Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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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