42 nurseries in St Helens

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

42 day nurseries

3 rated Outstanding

5 with a new report card (12%)

2,971 places in total

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

Outstanding nurseries in St Helens

4 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 St Helens
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	St Helens College Nursery and Creche St. Helens, WA10	Strong standard in all 6	3 March 2026	64
2	Portico at Moss Bank St Helens, WA11	Outstanding	7 October 2022	66
3	Portico Poppets St Helens, WA9	Outstanding	26 July 2022	50
4	St Mark's Pre-School St Helens, WA10	Outstanding	7 October 2021	30

Day nurseries in St Helens, best rated first

All 42 day nurseries in St Helens
#	Nursery	Ofsted outcome	Inspected	Places
1	St Helens College Nursery and Creche St. Helens, WA10	Strong standard in all 6	3 March 2026	64
2	Portico at Moss Bank St Helens, WA11	Outstanding	7 October 2022	66
3	Portico Poppets St Helens, WA9	Outstanding	26 July 2022	50
4	St Mark's Pre-School St Helens, WA10	Outstanding	7 October 2021	30
5	Blossom Tree Pre School Limited St Helens, WA10	Expected standard in 3 of 6	22 January 2026	31
6	Little Einsteins Nursery St Helens, WA10	Expected standard in 4 of 6	23 February 2026	86
7	Portico St Helens, WA9	Expected standard in 4 of 6	9 December 2025	118
8	Kids Planet Linden House Newton-Le-Willows, WA12	Expected standard in all 6	16 January 2026	81
9	Early Learners Nursery (Eccleston) Ltd St Helens, WA10	Good	23 July 2025	81
10	Daydreams St Helens, WA10	Good	20 May 2025	44
11	Evolution Childcare @ Newton House Newton-Le-Willows, WA12	Good	14 May 2025	83
12	Happy Bunnies St. Helens, WA10	Good	10 March 2025	55
13	Newtown Preschool and ABC Club St. Helens, WA10	Good	31 January 2025	50
14	Small Wonders St. Helens, WA11	Good	14 January 2025	127
15	Kids Planet Billinge Wigan, WN5	Good	8 January 2025	88
16	Early Learners Nursery (Parr) Ltd St Helens, WA9	Good	11 December 2024	71
17	General Day Nursery & After School St Helens, WA9	Good	3 December 2024	96
18	Small Wonders Day Care Nursery (lea Green) St Helens, WA9	Good	2 May 2024	156
19	Heirs and Graces PDN St Helens, WA10	Good	20 February 2024	146
20	Little Harvards St Helens, WA9	Good	25 July 2023	54
21	Small Wonders Day Care Nursery and Enhanced Activity Centre St Helens, WA10	Good	3 July 2023	84
22	Kidzone Preschool and Out of School Club Prescot, L35	Good	12 May 2023	43
23	Rathlee Nursery School St. Helens, WA10	Good	12 January 2023	38
24	Small Wonders St Helens, WA9	Good	5 December 2022	110
25	Storytime Private Day Nursery St. Helens, WA10	Good	25 November 2022	61
26	Portico Lodge St Helens, L35	Good	17 October 2022	30
27	Crank Nursery Limited St Helens, WA11	Good	1 September 2022	120
28	Beacon Nursery St Helens, WA10	Good	26 August 2022	64
29	Planet Kids Day Nursery St Helens, WA10	Good	24 August 2022	68
30	Building Blocks Day Nursery Bold Heath Widnes, WA8	Good	30 June 2022	50
31	Early Learners Nursery – Sutton St Helens, WA9	Good	16 March 2022	73
32	Little Foxes (Newton) Newton-Le-Willows, WA12	Good	25 November 2021	54
33	Little Journeys Day Nursery St Helens, WA9	Good	22 October 2021	36
34	Eccleston Park Day Nursery Prescot, L34	Good	1 September 2021	50
35	The Woodlands Nursery School (Newton) Limited Newton-Le-Willows, WA12	Good	24 May 2021	136
36	Beyond The Nest LTD St Helens, WA10	Not yet graded	Not yet	69
37	Kids Planet Patterdale Lodge Newton-Le-Willows, WA12	Not yet graded	Not yet	44
38	Kip McGrath St Helens Sutton St Helens, WA9	Not yet graded	Not yet
39	Little Explorers: Blackbrook St Helens, WA11	Not yet graded	Not yet	60
40	Little Explorers: Garswood St Helens, WA11	Not yet graded	Not yet	41
41	Love Learning Childcare Ltd Haydock, WA11	Not yet graded	Not yet	48
42	Tower Tots Prescot, L35	Not yet graded	Not yet	115

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

Towns in St Helens

Nurseries by postcode in St Helens

Nursery fees in St Helens

What day nurseries in North West charge on average. Fees in St Helens 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 St Helens

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