Full-day nursery in St Helens
Beacon Nursery
The Beacon, 25 College Street, St. Helens, WA10 1TF · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since October 2007Reference EY363360Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 26 August 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places64 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 22 January 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Beacon, 25 College Street, St. Helens, WA10 1TF · More nurseries in WA10
Stations
- St Helens Central9 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
21 bus stops within 400 m, including Ward Street, Garswood Street and Baldwin Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Friends Garden9 min walk
- Fosters Park9 min walk
- Queen's Park10 min walk
- Victoria Park11 min walk
- Vera Page Park12 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In St Helens there are about 3.1 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Beacon Nursery is a full-day nursery at The Beacon, 25 College Street, St. Helens, WA10 1TF, in St Helens. It is registered for 64 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.0 from 6 reviews (October 2026).
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| Beacon NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 0.2 miles
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.3 miles
- Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.3 miles
- Rivington Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2024 0.7 miles
- Queen's Park CofE/Urc Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 0.7 miles
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Devon Street Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected December 2025 0.8 miles
- Merton Bank Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected May 2024 0.8 miles
- Pace ages 5–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Beacon Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Beacon Nursery Good at its inspection on 26 August 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Beacon Nursery take?
Beacon Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 64 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Beacon Nursery?
St Helens Central is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Beacon Nursery?
You can call 01744 750848.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY363360 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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