Full-day nursery in Anderton, Cheshire West and Chester
Building Blocks Day Nursery Anderton
Building Blocks Kindergarten, Hough Lane, Northwich, CW9 6AB · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- 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 September 2015Reference EY493508Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 7 February 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places42 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 22 July 2025Food 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
Building Blocks Kindergarten, Hough Lane, Northwich, CW9 6AB · More nurseries in CW9
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Lydyett Lane, New Road and Hayes Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground6 min walk
- Playground10 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 Cheshire West and Chester there are about 2.4 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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Building Blocks Day Nursery Anderton is a full-day nursery at Building Blocks Kindergarten, Hough Lane, Northwich, CW9 6AB, in Anderton, Cheshire West and Chester. It is registered for 42 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (November 2026).
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| Building Blocks Day Nursery AndertonThis nursery | Outstanding | 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
- Rosebank School ages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2022 0.5 miles
- Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected October 2023 0.6 miles
- Comberbach Nursery and Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected October 2024 1.3 miles
- Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 1.4 miles
- Little Leigh Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected July 2023 1.5 miles
- Adventure Wellbeing School ages 4–11 1.5 miles
- Charles Darwin Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 1.5 miles
- The Russett School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Outstandinginspected December 2023 1.6 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 Building Blocks Day Nursery Anderton's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Building Blocks Day Nursery Anderton Outstanding at its inspection on 7 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Building Blocks Day Nursery Anderton take?
Building Blocks Day Nursery Anderton is registered with Ofsted for up to 42 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Building Blocks Day Nursery Anderton?
Greenbank is the nearest station we know of, 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Building Blocks Day Nursery Anderton?
You can call 01606 781081 and visit bbdn.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 November 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.
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Last checked 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY493508 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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