Susana's Home from Home Day Nursery

Hands-on learning and a serious care concern define the March 2026 picture at Susana's Home from Home Day Nursery in Huyton. Children practised balancing, explored patterns and took responsibility for everyday tasks. Those experiences need to be weighed alongside the care concern.

At its 3 March 2026 inspection, Ofsted judged achievement, curriculum and teaching, inclusion, and behaviour and routines to meet the expected standard, but welfare and wellbeing and leadership required urgent improvement because babies were inadequately supervised while eating; safeguarding standards were met. These are separate judgements, rather than a single overall grade.

The nursery accepts children aged 1 to 60 months.

The early years foundation stage is the framework for children's learning, development and care, linking everyday play with communication, physical development and growing independence.

In March 2026, babies chose books and requested familiar songs, giving them opportunities to practise words and express preferences. Children's mathematical play included making patterns with wooden reels and pine cones. Garden balance beams, swings and wheeled toys brought movement into the day.

Practical tasks mattered too. During that March, children helped organise lunch tables and worked on dressing themselves for outdoor play. These activities gave independence a concrete purpose. Teaching did not consistently extend children's existing knowledge, however, and some staff needed training more closely matched to their practice.

At the March 2026 inspection, Ofsted found effective SEND support through individual learning plans, advice from external specialists and adaptations such as breaking routines into smaller steps, alongside trusting relationships with key persons. For a child who found a busy handwashing routine difficult, staff allowed time until the sinks were quieter.

In March 2026, babies' sleep arrangements followed their individual routines. Stories about feelings, mirrors and a special spinning chair supported work on emotions. Parents' evenings provided opportunities to discuss development, while an electronic communication system carried accident notifications.

The eating-supervision failure in that March was substantial: some staff attended to other tasks instead of watching babies eat. Positive relationships did not remove that risk.

The address is 60 St. Johns Road, Huyton, Liverpool, L36 5SY. Opening hours are 8am to 5.30pm, Monday to Saturday, throughout the year, with bank holiday closures.

• Mealtime supervision. The March 2026 findings concerned babies' safety while eating. On a visit, discuss how staff maintain supervision throughout meals.
• Building on learning. Teaching was inconsistent in extending existing knowledge in March 2026. Explore how your child's next steps would shape activities and staff support.
• Attendance pattern. The opening window runs from Monday to Saturday. Which booking pattern would fit your family's working week?

For families seeking year-round childcare, the opening window offers a practical starting point. The March 2026 account also contains worthwhile examples of independence, communication and individual support. The urgent welfare and leadership judgements deserve substantial weight in the decision, rather than being overshadowed by the learning activities.