17 nurseries in SK9 (Wilmslow, Handforth, Styal)

Every day nursery with a SK9 postcode, best rated first, and what a place costs in North West after the free hours.

17 day nurseries

2 rated Outstanding

1 with a new report card (6%)

967 places in total

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

Day nurseries in SK9 (Wilmslow, Handforth, Styal), best rated first

All 17 day nurseries in SK9 (Wilmslow, Handforth, Styal)
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	The House Of Rompa SK9 1LN	Outstanding	31 January 2025	40
2	Bright Horizons Clairmont Day Nursery and Preschool SK9 6EG	Outstanding	17 August 2022	112
3	Fun Frogs Day Nursery Ltd SK9 3JX	Good	13 June 2025	52
4	Rainbow Pre-school (Handforth) CIO SK9 3AZ	Good	23 January 2025	35
5	Noah's Nursery SK9 3LN	Good	16 September 2024	20
6	The Little Acorns Day Nursery SK9 3JZ	Good	14 March 2024	130
7	Chapel Grange Montessori Nursery SK9 2BU	Good	5 January 2024	32
8	The Robin Room at Woodlands Nursery SK9 5DW	Good	14 July 2023	20
9	Little Bird's Nest Pre-school SK9 5JG	Good	8 June 2023	25
10	Footsteps Wilmslow SK9 2HB	Good	24 November 2022	92
11	The Garden Nursery at Wilmslow Prep SK9 5EG	Good	28 September 2022	45
12	Ashdene Independent Pre-School SK9 6LJ	Good	4 July 2022	48
13	The Ryleys Nursery SK9 7UY	Good	20 September 2018	20
14	Pepperberry Day Nursery SK9 5EL	Safeguarding not met	19 January 2026	181
15	Kids Planet The Pod SK9 3PE	Not yet graded	Not yet	60
16	Little Rainbows Day Nursery SK9 4HR	Not yet graded	Not yet	10
17	Steppingstones Montessori Ltd SK9 5AR	Not yet graded	Not yet	45

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

SK9 is in Cheshire East, covering Wilmslow.

Nursery fees in SK9

What day nurseries in North West charge on average. Fees in SK9 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 SK9

The free hours follow national rules, so they are the same in SK9 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.