Full-day nursery in Birchwood Park, Warrington
St Nicholas House
St Nicholas House, Walton Lane, Birchwood Park, WA3 6YL · 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
St Nicholas House, Walton Lane, Birchwood Park, WA3 6YL · More nurseries in WA3
Stations
- Birchwood23 min walk · 0.9 miles
Buses
7 bus stops within 400 m, including Chadwick House, Chadwick Place and The Centre.
Parks and playgrounds
- Birchwood Forest Park8 min walk
- Birchwood Brook Park11 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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St Nicholas House is a full-day nursery at St Nicholas House, Walton Lane, Birchwood Park, WA3 6YL, in Birchwood Park, Warrington. It is registered for 120 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 20 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Busy Nought to Fives Limited.
Run by Busy Nought to Fives Limited (company), which runs 4 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Locking Stumps Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2022 0.6 miles
- Birchwood CofE Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.6 miles
- Birchwood School ages 5–19 0.7 miles
- Gorse Covert Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2023 0.8 miles
- Croft Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected July 2023 1.5 miles
- St Lewis Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 1.6 miles
- Newchurch Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 1.6 miles
- Cinnamon Brow Church of England Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2021 1.6 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 St Nicholas House's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Nicholas House Good at its inspection on 1 December 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St Nicholas House take?
St Nicholas House is registered with Ofsted for up to 120 children at any one time.
Who runs St Nicholas House?
St Nicholas House is run by Busy Nought to Fives Limited, which runs 4 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to St Nicholas House?
Birchwood is the nearest station we know of, 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact St Nicholas House?
You can call 01925 850755 and visit www.busy05.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 EY259610 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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