Kids Planet Lymm
Good★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Lymm for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 19:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2009, with 141 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 Warrington
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Warrington 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
WA13 0NAWhat 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.
- 18 January 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 19 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy in the nurturing and calm environment. Staff forge strong relationships with children and offer them lots of reassurance. As a result, children settle quickly and develop lots of self-confidence as they greet their friends.
Leaders and staff plan an ambitious curriculum that ignites children's interests and supports their learning. For example, children delight in filling and emptying different-sized containers with water. They use their critical thinking skills as they calculate the volume of water required. Staff interact well with children and guide their learning by introducing paint to make rainbows. When children find a spider in the water, staff seize the opportunity to help children care for living things. As staff model how to rescue the spider from the water, children are eager to help. This prompts lots of discussions about kindness and how spiders can move and crawl.
These first-hand experiences help children to become deeply absorbed, which enriches their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- tighten systems for gathering information from parents about their children's individual needs n provide support to managers and staff to help them fully understand and implement the nursery's policies and procedures.
- 19 June 2024Good
- 21 February 2020Outstanding
- 24 February 2014Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kids Planet Lymm
- 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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