Full-day nursery in Newtown, Cheshire West and Chester
Chester Day Nursery and Nursery School
Egerton Street, Chester, CH1 3ND · 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
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Egerton Street, Chester, CH1 3ND · More nurseries in CH1
Stations
- Chester6 min walk · 0.2 miles
Buses
34 bus stops within 400 m, including Crewe Street, Hoole Way and Canal Bridge.
Parks and playgrounds
- Leadworks Lane Park2 min walk
- St Anne's Field Play Area4 min walk
- King Charles Tower Garden6 min walk
- Grosvenor Park6 min walk
- Black Diamond Park6 min walk
- Francis Street Play Area playground2 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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Chester Day Nursery and Nursery School is a full-day nursery at Egerton Street, Chester, CH1 3ND, in Newtown, Cheshire West and Chester. It is registered for 90 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.4 from 13 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Elmscot Group Limited.
Run by Elmscot Group Limited (company), which runs 7 nurseries.
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| Chester Day Nursery and Nursery SchoolThis 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
- The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.3 miles
- Abbey School for Exceptional Children ages 4–19 0.3 miles
- St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected July 2024 0.4 miles
- Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected January 2023 0.6 miles
- The Queen's School ages 3–18has a nursery class 0.6 miles
- St Martin's Academy Chester Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected December 2024 0.7 miles
- Newton Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.7 miles
- Hoole Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Improved significantlyinspected January 2025 0.7 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 Chester Day Nursery and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Chester Day Nursery and Nursery School Good at its inspection on 27 April 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Chester Day Nursery and Nursery School take?
Chester Day Nursery and Nursery School is registered with Ofsted for up to 90 children at any one time.
Who runs Chester Day Nursery and Nursery School?
Chester Day Nursery and Nursery School is run by Elmscot Group Limited, which runs 7 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Chester Day Nursery and Nursery School?
Chester is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Chester Day Nursery and Nursery School?
You can call 01244 346456 and visit www.elmscot.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
- 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 2496657 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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