Best Start Daycare
1155-1157 New Chester Road, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 0BYWhat Ofsted found
Good Inspected 12 June 2025
| Judgement | Grade |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Good |
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
The second of the four grades: a good standard of care and learning. Ofsted now gives report cards instead, so this grade stays until the next inspection.
What a place could cost
Best Start Daycare sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in North West, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.
| Child's age | You pay a week | About a month |
|---|---|---|
| From 9 months to 2 | £136 | £429 |
| 2 years old | £124 | £391 |
| 3 to 4 years old | £120 | £381 |
A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.
Best Start Daycare against Wirral
| Best Start Daycare | Wirral average | |
|---|---|---|
| Places | 48 | 60 |
| Ofsted outcome | Good | 92% rated Good or better |
Other nurseries close by
Questions parents ask about Best Start Daycare
- What Ofsted grade does Best Start Daycare have?
- Best Start Daycare was rated Good at its inspection on 12 June 2025, under the grading Ofsted used before report cards.
- How many children can Best Start Daycare take?
- Ofsted registers Best Start Daycare for 48 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Wirral has 60.
- How much does Best Start Daycare cost?
- Best Start Daycare sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in North West charges £178 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
- Does Best Start Daycare offer 30 hours free childcare?
- Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Best Start Daycare how it offers them.
- When was Best Start Daycare last inspected?
- Ofsted last inspected Best Start Daycare on 12 June 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
- Which nurseries are near Best Start Daycare?
- Nearby in CH62: Busy Bees at Wirral Beechwood, S4YC Bromborough Nursery, Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bromborough.
Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.
Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.
Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.