The Greenhouse Project
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Liverpool for children from birth to 8+, open 09:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 January 2023. Open since 2000, with 28 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 Liverpool
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Liverpool 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
L8 0TPWhat 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 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children, including those with special educational needs (SEND), flourish in their learning and development while attending the nursery. This is because staff expect all children to succeed. Children's eagerness and curiosity are valued by staff who build carefully on children's needs, interests and abilities. The children gain much new knowledge from the well-considered learning activities that staff provide. For instance, children learn to care for living creatures, such as the nursery's giant
African snail. They also learn to avoid standing on other snails in the nursery garden.
Children, including the high percentage who speak English as an additional language, become confident to play and talk with others. They learn valuable new words in English, such as 'toilet' and 'wash hands'. This helps children to communicate successfully with staff, who talk with them often, guiding them effectively in their learning. Staff ensure that children's learning and personal care needs are successfully met.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- refine the curriculum and staff's use of assessment, so that their teaching builds fully on children's existing knowledge and deepens their learning n develop staff's ability to use language more precisely when speaking with children, to help consistently support children's understanding and use of their growing vocabulary.
- 5 January 2023Good
- 24 May 2017Outstanding
- 20 March 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Greenhouse Project
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.