Red Wellies Childcare Limited
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Nantwich for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £46.96 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2021. Open since 2013, with 82 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated February 1st 2024.
| Age | Full day | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £46.96Extended School Day | £8.74Funded hour | £234.80Holiday week cost |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- 10% Holiday retainerterm-time only places
- £1.50 Administration chargeshorter notice bookings
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
30 hours of free childcare is now available for the working parents of 3 & 4 year olds, and 15 hours is available for the working parents of 2 year olds.
Worth knowing. Meals and snacks are charged during funded sessions.
What childcare usually costs in Cheshire East
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cheshire East 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
CW5 7JLWhat 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.
- 11 July 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 28 October 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children spend plenty of time exploring nature. They enjoy playing in a safe and stimulating outside environment. Children enthusiastically put on boots and rain suits to enable them to play outside in all weathers. Fresh air, exercise and lots of physical exertion helps to ensure children thrive in their physical well-being.
Children benefit from a wide range of nutritious and healthy meals. The menu is designed to be varied, colourful and tasty. Children try new food and develop a positive attitude to healthy eating. The setting has worked hard to achieve an externally accredited advanced nutrition award. Dedication to children's health and well-being is unwavering and children are well supported in their physical development.
Children approach challenging tasks with positivity. For example, they carefully twist craft materials around a stick to create colourful magic wands. Children develop problem-solving and language skills as they talk about the material going
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- implement plans to improve and develop the already good provision even further n enhance planning for children's next steps in learning and ensure it is even more precisely linked to children's individual needs to help them to make rapid progress.
- 28 October 2021Good
- 20 November 2017Good
- 29 April 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Red Wellies Childcare Limited
- 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.
- Is £46.96 a day still the rate? 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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.
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