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12 nurseries in Ellesmere Port

Every day nursery in Ellesmere Port on the Ofsted register, best rated first, with what a place costs in North West after the free hours.

12 day nurseries
2 with a new report card (17%)
622 places in total
£124 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Best-rated nurseries in Ellesmere Port

The top of our Ellesmere Port ranking: Ofsted's outcome first, then the newest inspection.

Best-rated day nurseries in Ellesmere Port
#NurseryOfsted outcomeInspectedPlaces
1Partou Sunny Days Day Nursery & Pre-School CH65 9AYStrong standard in all 620 January 202652
2Meadow Farm Playbus Pre school CH66 2SEGood26 February 202516
3Early Learning Academy Limited CH65 7BFGood23 April 202460
4Berwick Road Day Nursery Limited CH66 4PNGood17 October 202360
5S4YC @ Hooton Nursery CH66 1QUGood25 August 202354

Day nurseries in Ellesmere Port, best rated first

All 12 day nurseries in Ellesmere Port
#NurseryOfsted outcomeInspectedPlaces
1Partou Sunny Days Day Nursery & Pre-School CH65 9AYStrong standard in all 620 January 202652
2Meadow Farm Playbus Pre school CH66 2SEGood26 February 202516
3Early Learning Academy Limited CH65 7BFGood23 April 202460
4Berwick Road Day Nursery Limited CH66 4PNGood17 October 202360
5S4YC @ Hooton Nursery CH66 1QUGood25 August 202354
6Little Angels Childcare CH66 1NNGood17 January 202330
7Childsplay Nursery CH66 1LZGood4 October 202261
8S4YC @ Portside CH65 2BYGood6 July 202256
9Meadowlands Pre-School CH66 4SZGood20 May 202230
10Great Sutton Day Nursery CH66 3JZGood27 October 202150
11Grange House Day Nursery CH66 3RPGood17 August 202151
12S4YC Ledsham Park Day Nursery CH66 4QNNeeds attention in 3 of 622 January 2026102

How the ranking works: our ranking policy. What the grades mean: Ofsted report cards explained.

Nurseries by postcode in Ellesmere Port

Ellesmere Port is in Cheshire West and Chester.

Nursery fees in Ellesmere Port

What day nurseries in North West charge on average. Fees in Ellesmere Port itself can sit above or below this.

Average weekly price in term time, North West, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age25 hours a week50 hours a week
Under 2£178no funded hours£136after 30 funded hours
2 years old£158no funded hours£124after 30 funded hours
3 to 4 years old£62after the free 15 hours£120after 30 funded hours

Regional average, not any one nursery's price. Source: Coram Childcare Survey 2026. Work out your own monthly cost.

30 hours free childcare in Ellesmere Port

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in Ellesmere Port as anywhere in England. Every day nursery listed here is registered with Ofsted, which is what a nursery needs to offer them.

Check which hours your child can get

WhoFree hours a week
Working parents, child from 9 months30 hours
Every 3 and 4 year old15 hours
2 year olds in families getting some benefits15 hours

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.