Full-day nursery in Bold Heath, St Helens
Building Blocks Day Nursery Bold Heath
School Lane, WIDNES, WA8 3UZ · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- 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 September 2015Reference EY494047Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 30 June 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places50 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 23 September 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
School Lane, WIDNES, WA8 3UZ · More nurseries in WA8
Buses
3 bus stops within 400 m, including Mill Lane, Warrington Road and Clock Face Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground4 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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Building Blocks Day Nursery Bold Heath is a full-day nursery at School Lane, WIDNES, WA8 3UZ, in Bold Heath, St Helens. It is registered for 50 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 2 reviews (October 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Moorfield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 1.2 miles
- Lunts Heath Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected October 2024 1.3 miles
- Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2023 1.4 miles
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected February 2026 1.5 miles
- Ash Meadow School ages 5–18 1.5 miles
- Sutton Manor Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2022 1.5 miles
- Brookfields School ages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected September 2024 1.6 miles
- Willow Tree Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected July 2022 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 Bold Heath's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Building Blocks Day Nursery Bold Heath Good at its inspection on 30 June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Building Blocks Day Nursery Bold Heath take?
Building Blocks Day Nursery Bold Heath is registered with Ofsted for up to 50 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Building Blocks Day Nursery Bold Heath?
Widnes is the nearest station we know of, 1.8 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Building Blocks Day Nursery Bold Heath?
You can call 0151 420 4596 and visit bbdn.co.uk.
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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.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY494047 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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