Full-day nursery in Southport, Sefton
Chatterbox Day Nursery
18 Avondale Road, Southport, PR9 0ND · 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 July 2015Reference EY489937Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 21 February 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places26 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 11 May 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
18 Avondale Road, Southport, PR9 0ND · More nurseries in PR9
Stations
- Southport15 min walk · 0.6 miles
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including Saunders Street, Avondale Road and Knowsley Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Hesketh Park8 min walk
- Rose Garden10 min walk
- Kings Gardens12 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 Sefton there are about 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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Chatterbox Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 18 Avondale Road, Southport, PR9 0ND, in Southport, Sefton. It is registered for 26 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (October 2026).
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| Chatterbox Day 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
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.4 miles
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.9 miles
- St Philip's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 0.9 miles
- Norwood Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 0.9 miles
- Linaker Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected October 2023 1.2 miles
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2024 1.4 miles
- Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2023 1.6 miles
- Churchtown Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 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 Chatterbox Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Chatterbox Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 21 February 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Chatterbox Day Nursery take?
Chatterbox Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 26 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Chatterbox Day Nursery?
Southport is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Chatterbox Day Nursery?
You can call 01704 531256.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 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.
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- 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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY489937 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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