St Nicholas House
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Birchwood Park 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 December 2021. Open since 2003, with 120 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
WA3 6YLWhat 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, 1 December 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The nursery is filled with happy and confident children, who keep trying and express delight when they achieve what they set out to do. Babies create close bonds with skilled and experienced staff, which helps them to feel safe. Babies giggle as they play with familiar musical instruments. They learn to recognise themselves in mirrors, and begin to develop an early respect for books. Babies also make great progress in their physical development, such as crawling and taking their first steps, as staff know precisely how to support them in this. Toddlers develop their self-care skills as they begin to use potties and toilets and wash their hands independently. Children treat each other kindly and are respectful to everyone around them.
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, staff are providing children with even greater support in the development of their communication and language, and social skills. They are also providing children with greater challenge in their learning to help them to catch up. Small group activities provide children with lots of opportunities to express their own thoughts and ideas, which helps boost their confidence. Children are learning the sounds that letters represent. They identify letters of the alphabet that are significant to them and make the links to a variety of different words.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff knowledge of how to teach children about differences and similarities n provide staff with incisive feedback about their interactions with children, to raise their teaching to a higher level - strengthen children's communication and language skills, by supporting staff to model the correct pronunciations of letter sounds and words.
- 1 December 2021Good
- 17 August 2017Good
- 17 September 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Nicholas House
- 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.
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