Full-day nursery in Culcheth, Warrington
Thrive Culcheth
Warrington Road, Culcheth, Warrington, WA3 5HH · 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Warrington Road, Culcheth, Warrington, WA3 5HH · More nurseries in WA3
Buses
4 bus stops within 400 m, including Holcroft Lane, High School and BP Garage.
Parks and playgrounds
- Culcheth Green10 min walk
- Playground12 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.
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Thrive Culcheth is a full-day nursery at Warrington Road, Culcheth, Warrington, WA3 5HH, in Culcheth, Warrington. It is registered for 80 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| Thrive CulchethThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Culcheth Community Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected May 2023 under 0.1 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 0.7 miles
- Twiss Green Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.7 miles
- Glazebury Church of England Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2023 1.2 miles
- St Lewis Catholic Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected October 2023 1.6 miles
- Culcheth High School Secondaryages 11–16Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 under 0.1 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 Thrive Culcheth's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Thrive Culcheth Good at its inspection on 17 June 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Thrive Culcheth take?
Thrive Culcheth is registered with Ofsted for up to 80 children at any one time.
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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
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY415857 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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