Full-day nursery in Lingley Green, Warrington
Dunky's Day Nursery Sankey
Dunky's Day Nursery, 101 Barrow Hall Lane, Warrington, WA5 3AE · 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
Dunky's Day Nursery, 101 Barrow Hall Lane, Warrington, WA5 3AE · More nurseries in WA5
Stations
- Sankey for Penketh16 min walk · 0.6 miles
- Warrington West24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including High School, Sankey Forum and Post Office Sorting Centre.
Parks and playgrounds
- Barrow Old Hall2 min walk
- Whittle Hall Park4 min walk
- Freshwater Park8 min walk
- Tim Parry Recreation Ground9 min walk
- Airlift Hill11 min walk
- Playground6 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 Warrington there are about 2.3 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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Dunky's Day Nursery Sankey is a full-day nursery at Dunky's Day Nursery, 101 Barrow Hall Lane, Warrington, WA5 3AE, in Lingley Green, Warrington. It is registered for 90 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 12 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Dunkys Day Nurseries Ltd.
Run by Dunkys Day Nurseries Ltd (company), which runs 7 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Barrow Hall Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected July 2023 0.4 miles
- Park Road Community Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.4 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 0.7 miles
- Chapelford Village Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.9 miles
- Great Sankey Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 1.0 miles
- Penketh Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 1.0 miles
- St Philip (Westbrook) CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 1.2 miles
- Sankey Valley St James Church of England Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 1.3 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 Dunky's Day Nursery Sankey's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Dunky's Day Nursery Sankey Good at its inspection on 26 May 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Dunky's Day Nursery Sankey take?
Dunky's Day Nursery Sankey is registered with Ofsted for up to 90 children at any one time.
Who runs Dunky's Day Nursery Sankey?
Dunky's Day Nursery Sankey is run by Dunkys Day Nurseries Ltd, which runs 7 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Dunky's Day Nursery Sankey?
Sankey for Penketh is the nearest station we know of, 0.6 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Dunky's Day Nursery Sankey?
You can call 01925 728800 and visit www.dunkysdaynursery.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 EY490714 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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