The Cheshire Day Nursery Latchford & Kindergarten

Language gives this Latchford nursery its character: stories, songs, signing and conversation connect learning with everyday care. At its June 2024 inspection, Ofsted rated the setting Outstanding, finding that its carefully organised curriculum supported exceptional progress, with communication central to children's learning. The strongest detail is how that work reached babies as well as older children.

The Cheshire Day Nursery Latchford & Kindergarten occupies 2 Grammar School Road in Warrington, WA4 1JN. It accepts children aged three to 60 months and has capacity for 78 children in total.

Learning and Activities

The early years foundation stage sets the requirements for children's learning, development and care. Here, its practical meaning is learning woven into play and routines: talking about a story, practising movement, recognising feelings and exploring the world around them.

In June 2024, stories and songs gave children repeated opportunities to develop language. Staff encouraged speaking and signing, while books available to borrow included different languages. For a child growing up with more than one language, that connected nursery learning with the language of home, rather than treating the two as separate experiences.

A linked skill of the week connected the rooms in June 2024. Activities shared an underlying skill but were adjusted for children at different stages. This gave room changes a thread of familiarity: children could encounter related learning in a form suited to their developing abilities, rather than face an entirely disconnected programme.

Emotional learning was equally concrete. In June 2024, babies used mirrors to explore expressions; older children practised talking about feelings. Physical experiences also changed with development, from opportunities to balance and stand to climbing and sliding. Handling china cups during a story-related tea activity brought careful movement into imaginative play.

Outdoor and Community Life

Outings had a learning purpose in June 2024. A visit to a duck pond supported safety learning for some children and exploration of natural phenomena for others, according to their interests. The useful distinction is the planning: one outing could support different next steps, rather than give every child the same task.

These examples make the nursery's educational character easier to understand than a list of activities alone. Conversation, movement and emotional awareness were connected through everyday experiences, with tasks adapted to the child.

In June 2024, key staff gathered details of babies' home routines from parents to support settling. Familiar routines mattered throughout the day, including meals and snacks where children practised waiting, helping one another and talking together. For families beginning childcare, the practical value is continuity between home and nursery, alongside opportunities to build independence gradually.

At the June 2024 inspection, Ofsted found safeguarding effective and support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) especially strong, with early intervention and prompt access to external help. Those are dated findings about care and support, rather than a promise about an individual child's experience.

Parents also had a role in language learning in June 2024. Staff learnt about children's home languages and traditions, and shared books and ideas with families. This made communication more than an update on the nursery day: it helped connect learning across both settings.

Preparation for change included moves between rooms and the next stage of education in June 2024. Shared learning themes offered continuity within the nursery, while attention to each child's next steps shaped the activities staff planned.

Sessions and Attendance

Standard opening hours are 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, with separately charged extensions from 7am to 7.30am and 6pm to 7pm. The nursery operates throughout the year and closes on bank holidays. That broad daily window is useful for families whose working hours extend beyond the middle of the day.

Enquiries can go directly to the Latchford team by telephone on 01925 230 233 or by email at latchford@cheshiredaynurserygroup.com. The address is 2 Grammar School Road, Warrington, WA4 1JN.

Funding and Paid Extras

In June 2024, the nursery provided funded early education for two-year-old children. Families should obtain a current written quotation for prices before making a booking decision.

• The full cost of your attendance pattern. The standard 7.30am to 6pm day has separately charged extensions from 7am to 7.30am and 6pm to 7pm. At a visit, ask for a written breakdown of your proposed booking, funded hours, meals and consumables so you can assess the total commitment.
• Language and home routines. In June 2024, staff used home-language knowledge and babies' routines in their work with families. Discuss how your child's communication and settling needs would shape their day.
• Learning across room changes. A shared weekly skill connected rooms in June 2024. Ask to see how activities change with age and how a move between rooms is prepared for your child.

This nursery suits families who value language-rich play, continuity between home and childcare, and learning adjusted to children's individual next steps. Its June 2024 Outstanding judgement has substantial practical detail behind it: multilingual books, connected learning across rooms and carefully planned everyday activities.

The year-round opening window also suits parents needing early starts or later collections. The strongest reason to consider Latchford is the combination of communication, emotional learning and attentive preparation for change, rather than any single activity.