Full-day nursery in Weston, Halton
Heathside Day Nursery
Heath Road South, Weston, Runcorn, WA7 4QR · 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 August 1998Reference 303439Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 12 September 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places41 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 19 March 2025Food 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
Heath Road South, Weston, Runcorn, WA7 4QR · More nurseries in WA7
Stations
- Runcorn24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
10 bus stops within 400 m, including Water Tower, Heath Business Park and Nelson Drive.
Parks and playgrounds
- Heath Park2 min walk
- Runcorn Hill Park7 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground11 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 Halton there are about 3.1 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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Heathside Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Heath Road South, Weston, Runcorn, WA7 4QR, in Weston, Halton. It is registered for 41 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 3.5 from 11 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Network Nurseries Limited.
Run by Network Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 6 nurseries.
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| Heathside 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
- Weston Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.3 miles
- Weston Point Primary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Inadequateinspected November 2022 0.4 miles
- Pewithall School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.5 miles
- St Clement's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.6 miles
- Westfield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.8 miles
- Victoria Road Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.9 miles
- Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected September 2021 1.1 miles
- The Grange School All-throughages 3–16has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.2 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 Heathside Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Heathside Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 12 September 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Heathside Day Nursery take?
Heathside Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 41 children at any one time.
Who runs Heathside Day Nursery?
Heathside Day Nursery is run by Network Nurseries Limited, which runs 6 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Heathside Day Nursery?
Runcorn is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Heathside Day Nursery?
You can call 0800 307 0155 and visit michildnurseries.co.uk.
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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 303439 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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