50 nurseries in Sefton

Every day nursery in the Sefton council area, best rated first, with the ones Ofsted rated Outstanding and what a place costs after the free hours.

50 day nurseries

4 rated Outstanding

4 with a new report card (8%)

3,055 places in total

£124 a week, 50 hours for a 2 year old after free hours

Outstanding nurseries in Sefton

5 nurseries in the area are in our top band: rated Outstanding, or graded Strong standard or better across a new report card.

Top-band day nurseries in Sefton
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	Little Foxes Maghull LTD Liverpool, L31	Strong standard in all 6	26 February 2026	15
2	St Cuthberts Pre-School Playgroup Southport, PR9	Outstanding	7 January 2025	35
3	Wind In The Willows Childcare (Sefton) Bootle, L30	Outstanding	15 June 2023	70
4	Kids Count Pre-School Southport, PR9	Outstanding	22 April 2022	20
5	Bright Sparks Nursery Liverpool, L23	Outstanding	11 May 2017	30

Day nurseries in Sefton, best rated first

All 50 day nurseries in Sefton
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	Little Foxes Maghull LTD Liverpool, L31	Strong standard in all 6	26 February 2026	15
2	St Cuthberts Pre-School Playgroup Southport, PR9	Outstanding	7 January 2025	35
3	Wind In The Willows Childcare (Sefton) Bootle, L30	Outstanding	15 June 2023	70
4	Kids Count Pre-School Southport, PR9	Outstanding	22 April 2022	20
5	Bright Sparks Nursery Liverpool, L23	Outstanding	11 May 2017	30
6	Little Hearts Day Nursery Liverpool, L21	Expected standard in all 6	29 May 2026	36
7	Cherubs Day Nursery Southport, PR8	Expected standard in all 6	24 February 2026	25
8	Kids Planet Hoghton House Southport, PR9	Expected standard in all 6	6 January 2026	95
9	Busy Bees Day Nursery at Southport Southport, PR8	Good	10 September 2025	111
10	First Class Nursery Liverpool, L31	Good	6 August 2025	24
11	Kids Planet Linacre Road Liverpool, L21	Good	22 July 2025	80
12	Explorers Bootle Bootle, L20	Good	16 July 2025	104
13	Sunflowers Southport Ltd Southport, PR8	Good	9 April 2025	36
14	Kids Planet Southport Southport, PR9	Good	21 March 2025	168
15	Little Kings & Queens Nursery Bootle, L20	Good	14 March 2025	58
16	Rocking Horse Nursery (Southport) Limited Southport, PR9	Good	6 March 2025	32
17	Chatterbox Day Nursery Southport, PR9	Good	21 February 2025	26
18	Treetops Nursery Bootle Bootle, L20	Good	28 January 2025	110
19	Carousel Day Nursery Liverpool, L22	Good	9 January 2025	62
20	Explorers Lydiate Liverpool, L31	Good	28 November 2024	48
21	Ashbourne Day Nursery Bootle Bootle, L20	Good	14 November 2024	53
22	Little Acorns Liverpool, L31	Good	5 November 2024	48
23	Partou Curiosity Corner Day Nursery & Pre-School Southport, PR8	Good	4 November 2024	78
24	Tiny Hearts Day Nursery Liverpool, L22	Good	1 August 2024	55
25	Natterjacks Day Nursery at St Johns Southport, PR8	Good	5 June 2024	51
26	Lucy Lockets Day Nursery Southport, PR8	Good	26 February 2024	36
27	Habla Bilingual Day Nursery Formby, L37	Good	12 December 2023	60
28	Home from Home Day Nursery Liverpool, L22	Good	21 November 2023	57
29	Kids Planet Ainsdale Southport, PR8	Good	14 November 2023	47
30	K8Z Cheeky Monkeyz Bootle, L30	Good	7 September 2023	80
31	Busy Bees Day Nursery at Formby Liverpool, L37	Good	16 May 2023	66
32	Saint Jerome's Pre-School Playgroup Liverpool, L37	Good	28 April 2023	30
33	Atherton House School Liverpool, L23	Good	2 November 2022	60
34	Kristaval Day Care Liverpool, L22	Good	21 October 2022	74
35	Bright Days Liverpool, L31	Good	28 September 2022	40
36	Footprints@hattonhill Liverpool, L21	Good	14 September 2022	36
37	Hazeldene Day Nursery Southport, PR8	Good	31 August 2022	49
38	Bumbles Maghull Liverpool, L31	Good	23 August 2022	59
39	Kinderworld Montessori Nursery Southport, PR9	Good	29 July 2022	173
40	Kids Planet Litherland Liverpool, L21	Good	6 July 2022	130
41	Jets, Liverpool, L22	Good	28 April 2022	70
42	1st Steps Day Nursery Liverpool, L22	Good	18 March 2022	63
43	Bumbles Aintree Aintree Village, L10	Good	17 March 2022	49
44	Early Days Day Nursery Liverpool, L37	Good	20 January 2022	96
45	Streatham House Nursery Blundellsands, L23	Good	22 December 2021	80
46	Kids Planet Crosby Liverpool, L23	Good	5 October 2021	135
47	Early Learners Day Nursery Bootle, L30	Not yet graded	Not yet	86
48	EduKate Tuition Liverpool, L23	Not yet graded	Not yet
49	Goslings Nursery Bootle, L20	Not yet graded	Not yet	9
50	LastAct Studios Liverpool, L37	Not yet graded	Not yet

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

Towns in Sefton

Bootle 8
Southport 15

Nurseries by postcode in Sefton

Nursery fees in Sefton

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

Average weekly price in term time, North West, Coram Childcare Survey 2026
Child's age	25 hours a week	50 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 Sefton

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in Sefton 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

Who	Free hours a week
Working parents, child from 9 months	30 hours
Every 3 and 4 year old	15 hours
2 year olds in families getting some benefits	15 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.