Full-day nursery in Great Sankey, Warrington
Kids Planet Great Sankey
Barnes Close, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 2TP · 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
Barnes Close, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 2TP · More nurseries in WA5
Stations
- Sankey for Penketh8 min walk · 0.3 miles
- Warrington West11 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Sankey School, Highfield Avenue and Penketh High School.
Parks and playgrounds
- Whittle Brook Park2 min walk
- Vicarage Community Park4 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Whittle Brook Park Play Area playground5 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
- Playground10 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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Kids Planet Great Sankey is a full-day nursery at Barnes Close, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 2TP, in Great Sankey, Warrington. It is registered for 106 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 5 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Kids Planet Day Nurseries Limited.
Run by Kids Planet Day Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 238 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
- Great Sankey Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 under 0.1 miles
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected June 2025 0.5 miles
- Chapelford Village Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.6 miles
- Sankey Valley St James Church of England Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.7 miles
- Park Road Community Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.7 miles
- Penketh South Community Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected September 2022 0.8 miles
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.8 miles
- Penketh Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.8 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 Kids Planet Great Sankey's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Kids Planet Great Sankey Good at its inspection on 15 February 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Kids Planet Great Sankey take?
Kids Planet Great Sankey is registered with Ofsted for up to 106 children at any one time.
Who runs Kids Planet Great Sankey?
Kids Planet Great Sankey is run by Kids Planet Day Nurseries Limited, which runs 238 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Kids Planet Great Sankey?
Sankey for Penketh is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Kids Planet Great Sankey?
You can call 01925 722399 and visit www.kidsplanetdaynurseries.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 2495359 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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