Kiddiecare Day Nursery

Songs, stories and small discoveries give Kiddiecare Day Nursery in Winsford its clearest character: in November 2022, babies enjoyed singing, toddlers worked play dough with their hands and older children explored autumn outdoors. These were activities children could join at different stages of development.

At its 8 November 2022 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good, judged safeguarding effective and found that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) received good support and made good progress. Later safety actions require separate attention, especially because risk assessment and sleep practice recur.

The nursery has capacity for 71 children, from birth to five years.

In November 2022, communication was a clear emphasis. Songs and stories supported language and literacy, while children used magnifying glasses to examine autumn leaves and discuss their details. That connected conversation with something tangible to investigate.

The early years foundation stage sets the requirements for children's learning, development and care. Here, the November 2022 examples included play, storytelling and exploration inside and outside, giving children different ways to practise emerging skills.

Planning needed more precision. In November 2022, some older children's group activities did not follow their next learning steps closely enough. The improvement priorities were to organise the sequence of learning more carefully and strengthen oversight of teaching, including staff development. For families, the useful distinction is between an enjoyable activity and one chosen to move their child forward.

In November 2022, children turned to their key person for comfort, and staff gathered information from parents each day to guide care. This linked familiar relationships with knowledge of the child's immediate needs.

Support at that time included collaboration between the special educational needs coordinator, manager and other professionals, with additional funding used for individual sensory resources. For children learning English alongside another language, staff collected useful words from parents and adjusted their approach. Daily routines also included handwashing, face wiping and brushing teeth after lunch.

During its 11 May 2026 regulatory visit, Ofsted found requirements were not being met and required action to ensure fire exits were unobstructed and easily opened from inside, improve safe sleep knowledge and ensure risk assessments guide staff practice. On 22 May 2026, the nursery responded with changes to room organisation and sleep practice, staff training and daily risk checks. Risk assessment had also prompted action in March 2025, followed by new checks and training in April 2025; the recurrence matters when weighing the later response.

The address is Grange Lane, Winsford, CW7 2BP. Opening hours are 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, across the year.

In November 2022, the nursery provided funded early education for children aged two, three and four. This is a dated account of participation rather than a promise of a funded place today.

• Repeated safety actions. Risk assessment required action in March 2025 and again in May 2026, when fire exits and safe sleep were also addressed. Ask how the subsequent checks and training are maintained in everyday practice.
• Purposeful learning. November 2022 improvement priorities concerned learning sequences and oversight of teaching. A visit is an opportunity to ask how activities are now chosen around each child's next steps.
• Attendance and costs. The nursery opens across the year from 8am to 6pm on weekdays. Which booking patterns and funding arrangements would fit your family, and how would meals and consumables be treated in a written quotation?

Kiddiecare suits Winsford families seeking care across the year within its weekday opening window. The November 2022 picture combines familiar key-person relationships with language-rich play, but the repeated safety actions deserve substantial weight. The May 2026 response sets out practical changes; understanding how those changes hold up day to day is central to the decision.