The Abbey Nursery School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Northwich for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. £77.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2016, with 70 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £77.00– 10 Hours (8am -6pm | £50.005 hrs | £10.00Extra Hour (1pm- 2pm) |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £8.00 a day Early Start/Late Finish (07.30-8.00) or ( 6pm-6.30 pm)
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £6.00 a day Breakfast and LunchMorning AM Session, includes Breakfast and Lunch
- £6.00 a day Snack, TeaAfternoon PM Session, includes Snack, Tea
- £10.50 a day Breakfast, Snack, Lunch, Snack, TeaFull Day Session, includes Breakfast, Snack, Lunch, Snack, Tea
Funded hours
Term Time 15 Hours per week; Term Time 30 Hours per week; 15 hours stretched over 52 weeks – 10.96 hour; 30 hours stretched over 52 weeks – 21.92 hours.
Worth knowing. Funding Hours available Monday – Friday 8am – 6pm; Full Day Funding = 10 Hours (8am – 6pm); Half Day Funding = 5 Hours (08.00-13.00) or (13.00 – 18.00); Remaining Hours from Stretched Funding are charged at the Standard Session/Day Rate; Meals/Snacks for Funded Sessions charged separately.
What childcare usually costs in Cheshire West and Chester
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cheshire West and Chester 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
CW8 3EYWhat 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, 21 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff support children to thrive in this nursery. Children form trusting relationships with familiar staff, which helps them to feel settled. For example, staff in the baby room work hard to build loving relationships with the babies they look after. Babies snuggle into their key person when they are a little upset. They soon settle as staff distract them with their favourite stories and songs. Toddlers enjoy socialising with their peers during mealtimes. Staff use these opportunities to encourage children's independence skills by supporting them to feed themselves. They also support children with their communication and language. Staff hold back-and-forth conversations with children which are appropriate for their stage of development.
Children respond and enjoy sharing stories from their home life. This shows that children can recall past events and articulate these well.
Staff provide a wide range of learning experiences for all children in each of the rooms. As a result, children are happy and demonstrate good levels of engagement, which helps them to develop a positive attitude to learning. The provider has also placed a strong emphasis on supporting children's communication and language skills. This works very well as children are becoming confident communicators, who are keen to express their thoughts about nursery. As one child said, 'I love seeing my friends.'
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to implement the curriculum to meet the unique learning styles of all children, to help them to develop their focus and remain engaged in their learning.
- 21 June 2024Good
- 26 June 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Abbey Nursery School
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £77.00 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.
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