Full-day nursery in Bank Quay, Warrington
First Choice Nursery
Thewlis Street, Warrington, WA5 1AJ · 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 March 2021Reference 2629756Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 12 April 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating4 (Good)inspected 4 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
Thewlis Street, Warrington, WA5 1AJ · More nurseries in WA5
Stations
- Warrington Bank Quay9 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Warrington Central20 min walk · 0.8 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Pickmere Street, Crosfields and The Hatter.
Parks and playgrounds
- Sankey Recreation Ground4 min walk
- Sankey Valley Park5 min walk
- Bank Park10 min walk
- Playground4 min walk
- Playground5 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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First Choice Nursery is a full-day nursery at Thewlis Street, Warrington, WA5 1AJ, in Bank Quay, Warrington. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in April 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.9 from 17 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Choice NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| Jack and Jill Pre-SchoolSessional pre-school | Not yet inspected | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 0.9 miles |
A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Outstandinginspected March 2024 0.2 miles
- Evelyn Street Primary Academy and Nursery Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected July 2024 0.3 miles
- Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.3 miles
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.6 miles
- Bewsey Lodge Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2021 0.8 miles
- Sankey Valley St James Church of England Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.8 miles
- Latchford St James CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2022 0.9 miles
- Westbrook Old Hall Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 1.1 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is First Choice Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated First Choice Nursery Good at its inspection on 12 April 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
What is the nearest station to First Choice Nursery?
Warrington Bank Quay is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact First Choice Nursery?
You can call 07497 349068 and visit firstchoicenursery.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 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.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 2629756 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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