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Day nursery in Whiston

Sandfield Natural Play Centre

OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades

A day nursery in Whiston for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £85.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in September 2021, though that is 5 years ago now. Open since 2006, with 70 places.

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Cost

What it costs

Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.

Term time only, 38 weeks a year, minimum 2 days a week.

AgeFull daySession
All ages
£85.00
£29.00Late Afternoon, 3 hrs

Before you start

One-off charges to take a place.

  • £50.00 Depositto secure their child's funded place, refundable

Extras

Charged on top of the session rate.

  • £4.00 a session Early Start Session
  • £20.00 per 15 minutes Late Child Collection Chargebeyond the booked session times of either 3pm or 6pm finish

Funded hours

15 or 30 hours childcare and early education funded entitlement; 15 hours of Early Learning funded entitlement for 2-year-olds.

Worth knowing. Funded entitlement of 7.5 hours per day can be taken between Monday-Friday. The sessions are from 7.30am-3pm. Best practice is that a child attends a minimum of 2 days per week either term time only or throughout the year. We offer funded entitlement sessions over 38 weeks per year during term time only. We charge for meals and snacks as part of a funded entitlement place and also charge for consumables such as nappies and sun cream, meals and snacks, and for services such as trips and extra-cur.

What childcare usually costs in Knowsley

£6.59an hour, typical for a 2 years old
£5.56an hour, typical for a 3 and 4 years old

This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Knowsley from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.

The basics

Places, hours and the day

Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.

Who they can take
Birth to 8+Registered from birth. Whether there is a baby room is a question for the call.
When it's open
07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a weekFrom their Google listing
Funded hours
Takes them
Meals
Not includedDuring non-funded sessions, all meals are included in the daily charge. During funded entitlement sessions, meals and snacks are charged extra.
Nappies
You provide them
Outdoor space
Yes
Google rating
4.6 out of 5From 9 Google reviews. NurseryWise has none of its own.
How many children
70 placesLarge for England
How long open
20 yearsOpen for decades
Address
Sandfield House, Lickers Lane, Whiston, L35 3SR

Where it is

L35 3SR
Ofsted URN EY342763On the register since 13 November 2006
Ofsted

What 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.

  • 30 September 2021Outstanding
  • 13 December 2018Outstanding
  • 11 March 2016Outstanding

Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.

Still missing for Sandfield Natural Play Centre

  • 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.

Before you ring

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 £85.00 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.
  • 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.
Compare

Day nurseries within a couple of miles

This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.

Noodles Nursery

Day nursery · 2 Greenes Road, Whiston, L35 3RF

GoodTakes funded hours£55.00 a dayBirth to 8+07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week★ 3.4 Google, 588 placesOpen for decades

Pick two or three to compare.

Everything here comes from Ofsted's published childcare register, under the Open Government Licence. Ratings are quoted exactly as Ofsted gave them, with their dates. Read the full Ofsted reports · How we put this together.

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