Natterjacks Day Nursery at St Johns
Good★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Southport for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 June 2024. Open since 2017, 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 Sefton
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Sefton 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
PR8 3NGWhat 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, 5 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle well on arrival at the nursery. They develop secure attachments to staff and readily go to them for reassurance when needed. In each room, staff consider children's interests and link stories and experiences well to these when planning. Staff successfully build on what children already know and can do across a broad range of areas. During the inspection, babies repeated the names of animals and the sounds they make while handling toy land and sea animals. Twoyear-old children enjoyed the sensory experience of pretend mud while playing imaginatively with pig characters from a favourite television programme. Threeand four-year-old children used new words they had learned while playing imaginatively with stick puppets linked to 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' book.
The manager and staff work closely with parents to identify and close any gaps in children's learning. They invite other professionals into the nursery to support children and staff. They use additional funding effectively to meet the needs of children. Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress from their starting points. By the time children move onto school, they have essential skills and demonstrate high levels of selfesteem and confidence.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to position themselves more effectively during activities to help children to engage and focus on their learning n build on the supervision and coaching arrangements to support staff to raise the quality of their practice and children's education.
- 5 June 2024Good
- 12 December 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Natterjacks Day Nursery at St Johns
- 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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