Full-day nursery in West Bank, Halton
Jiggy Childcare
St Mary's Community Centre, Alice Court, Widnes, WA8 0ED · 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 October 2012Reference EY454082Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 24 July 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places30 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 3 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
St Mary's Community Centre, Alice Court, Widnes, WA8 0ED · More nurseries in WA8
Stations
- Runcorn18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including WEST BANK, ST MARYS CHURCH and IRWELL STREET.
Parks and playgrounds
- Victoria Promenade2 min walk
- Victoria Gardens Park2 min walk
- West Bank Dockland Park4 min walk
- Spike Island4 min walk
- Spike Island7 min walk
- 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 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.
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Jiggy Childcare is a full-day nursery at St Mary's Community Centre, Alice Court, Widnes, WA8 0ED, in West Bank, Halton. It is registered for 30 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Widnes Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Runcorn All Saints CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected September 2024 0.4 miles
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.6 miles
- Victoria Road Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.8 miles
- Poppy Field School ages 4–19 0.9 miles
- Westfield Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected May 2023 1.0 miles
- St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 1.0 miles
- St Clement's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 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 Jiggy Childcare's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Jiggy Childcare Good at its inspection on 24 July 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Jiggy Childcare take?
Jiggy Childcare is registered with Ofsted for up to 30 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Jiggy Childcare?
Runcorn is the nearest station we know of, 0.7 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY454082 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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