What Ofsted found
Outstanding Inspected 29 August 2025
| Judgement | Grade |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Outstanding |
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
The highest of the four grades Ofsted gave before report cards. Ofsted now gives report cards instead, so this grade stays until the next inspection.
What a place could cost
Dukes and Duchesses 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.
Dukes and Duchesses against Liverpool
| Dukes and Duchesses | Liverpool average | |
|---|---|---|
| Places | 80 | 61 |
| Ofsted outcome | Outstanding | 90% rated Good or better |
Other nurseries close by
Questions parents ask about Dukes and Duchesses
- What Ofsted grade does Dukes and Duchesses have?
- Dukes and Duchesses was rated Outstanding at its inspection on 29 August 2025, under the grading Ofsted used before report cards.
- How many children can Dukes and Duchesses take?
- Ofsted registers Dukes and Duchesses for 80 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Liverpool has 61.
- How much does Dukes and Duchesses cost?
- Dukes and Duchesses 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 Dukes and Duchesses 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 Dukes and Duchesses how it offers them.
- When was Dukes and Duchesses last inspected?
- Ofsted last inspected Dukes and Duchesses on 29 August 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
- Which nurseries are near Dukes and Duchesses?
- Nearby in L1: Pagoda Nursery, The Childcare Academy Ltd.
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.