Full-day nursery in Birkenhead, Wirral
Funtrain Day Nursery
9 and 9A Hamilton Street, Birkenhead, CH41 6DL · 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
9 and 9A Hamilton Street, Birkenhead, CH41 6DL · More nurseries in CH41
Stations
- Birkenhead Hamilton Square1 min walk · under 0.1 miles
- Conway Park10 min walk · 0.4 miles
- Birkenhead Central13 min walk · 0.5 miles
Buses
22 bus stops within 400 m, including Hamilton Square Station, Hamilton Square Interchange and Hamilton Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- 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 Wirral there are about 3.4 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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Funtrain Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 9 and 9A Hamilton Street, Birkenhead, CH41 6DL, in Birkenhead, Wirral. It is registered for 45 children. 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 3.7 from 3 reviews (November 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
- Cathcart Street Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected July 2026 0.6 miles
- Woodlands Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 0.8 miles
- The Priory Parish CofE Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected February 2025 0.8 miles
- St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 0.9 miles
- Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 1.1 miles
- Mersey Park Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 1.2 miles
- Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 1.3 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 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 Funtrain Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Funtrain Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 4 April 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Funtrain Day Nursery take?
Funtrain Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 45 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Funtrain Day Nursery?
Birkenhead Hamilton Square is the nearest station we know of, under 0.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Funtrain Day Nursery?
You can call 0151 647 0482.
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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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY310371 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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