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Pepperberry Day Nursery

Ofsted: Needs attention·
4.0(18 parent reviews) ·Hawthorn Street, WILMSLOW, SK9 5EL · Cheshire East
Number of places
181 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2026
Local authority
Cheshire East

About this day nursery

Pepperberry Day Nursery, registered in 2011, offers childcare for children aged 0-4 years in Wilmslow, SK9 5EL. The nursery operates year-round, Monday to Friday, from 7:30 am to 6 pm.

With 29 staff members, including several with qualifications at level 2 to 6, and one with qualified teacher status, the nursery provides a stimulating environment. Children are greeted by friendly, familiar staff, fostering a sense of security and engaging them in activities tailored to their interests.

The nursery effectively supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities through targeted learning plans, ensuring all children make good progress. Outdoor play is encouraged, with children actively participating in health-promoting habits like wearing sun hats and applying sun cream before going outside.

The curriculum focuses on developing children's skills, from strengthening hands and fingers in babies and toddlers to extending design and construction skills in older pre-schoolers through engaging activities. Managers actively monitor staff workload, making beneficial changes, such as reducing curriculum planning to allow more time for staff to interact directly with children and promote their learning.

This helps ensure that the nursery delivers high-quality early education and care, with safety and well-being as a priority, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our ethos

At Pepperberry Nursery, we believe in nurturing the whole child, fostering both their academic and personal growth. Our philosophy centres on inspiring curiosity through hands-on exploration and play, while building confidence in a warm and supportive environment. We aim to empower children to become enthusiastic, resilient learners, laying a strong foundation for a lifetime of success and happiness.

What it's like

Children arrive at nursery eager and ready to start their day, greeted by friendly, familiar staff who help them feel secure. Activities quickly capture children's attention, matching their interests, such as younger pre-school children playing with toy cars, which staff use to develop vocabulary and encourage invention.

Good Ofsted ratingChildcare on non-domestic premisesAges 0-4 yearsPlay-based learningExperienced staff

Pricing & funding

Fees are illustrated using an example of a child attending three days a week with 30 funded hours. Charges include a weekly consumption fee alongside the total weekly costs before and after tax-free childcare benefits.

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • Funding can be stretched across 51 weeks of the year.
  • Weekly fees vary based on booking patterns and funding eligibility.

Key facts

Opening hours

51 weeks a year from 7.30am to 6pm.

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2011

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Needs attention

Last inspected Jan 2026

Headline: Needs attention

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
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Expected standard
—
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementNeeds attention
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesNeeds attention
Children's welfare and wellbeingNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
InclusionNeeds attention
Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Pepperberry Day Nursery

Last inspected 19 January 2026

Safeguarding effective

What it's like to attend

Children arrive at nursery eager and ready to start their day, greeted by friendly, familiar staff who help them feel secure. Activities quickly capture children's attention, matching their interests, such as younger pre-school children playing with toy cars, which staff use to develop vocabulary and encourage invention.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff skilfully use older pre-school children's interest in the song 'London Bridge is falling down' to extend their design and construction skills.
  • Managers monitor staff's workload and make effective changes, such as reducing curriculum planning to give staff more time to play with children.
  • Staff understand how children learn and develop, helping them to sequence learning, for example by providing babies and toddlers with opportunities to strengthen their hands and fingers.
  • Staff accurately assess children's progress and quickly identify and address any concerns about their development.
  • Children learn habits that help to promote their good health, such as putting on sun hats and applying sun cream before going outdoors.
  • Staff make sure that children's individual care needs are met and use an online system to share detailed information about babies' care routines with parents, promoting continuity in well-being.
  • Staff establish consistent routines for children and make their expectations for children's behaviour clear, helping children develop self-control as they grow.
  • The hard-working staff help children to feel unique and important in the busy nursery, with older toddlers closely examining their faces in a mirror while staff skilfully extend their knowledge and vocabulary.
  • Nursery staff are working effectively to provide care and education for children during the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping in touch with children not attending and helping parents continue children's learning at home.

Areas to develop

  • 1Managers need to set precise and measurable improvement targets for staff, so that staff know exactly how to continuously improve the quality of their practice.
  • 2The nursery should improve the planning of some routines, so that children's thinking and learning are fully promoted throughout the day.
Inspection #10198525 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

When children with special educational needs and/or disabilities have a targeted learning plan in place, everyone follows agreed strategies. All children make good progress.

Outdoor space

Children learn habits to promote good health, such as putting on sun hats and applying sun cream before going outdoors to play in the sunshine. This helps children to take responsibility for their own health and safety from an early age.

Parent Reviews of Pepperberry Day Nursery

4.0
(18)
Emma Pass
a year ago

My son started Pepperberry when he was 5 months old; as my only child I was very anxious but, all the staff put me at ease straight away. The care and attention that my son received every day and the outstanding communication to keep me informed of the activities he was doing, his routine and his sleep times were invaluable in making his first phase enjoyable. Compared to peers who don’t attend Pepperberry, my son is better at sharing, articulate, can recall more and is more confident; he is also very happy. This was accelerated further when he moved to his second phase. As a secondary school teacher, I was amazed to see the level of detail that went into the planning. A book underpins the termly learning and the learning points are clearly highlighted to make sure that progress is made whilst the children have lots of fun. Again, the communication is excellent and I trust my son’s practitioners implicitly. It is clear when we sit down to eat that my son has been modelled good behaviour and manners and this comes home with him! As my sons progresses, I am looking forward to watching him develop and grow as I know he will continue to thrive at Pepperberry. Overall, the management team at Pepperberry are outstanding! Nothing is too much trouble and the activities they do to engage children and parents is far better than any other provision I’ve experienced. From Body Shop parties for busy mums, Easter bonnet parades and grandparents morning, we are all included and really made to feel welcome. I would not send my son anywhere else!

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Tayla Bone
a year ago

I couldn’t recommend pepperberry enough! My daughter has come on leaps and bounds since starting at the nursery. She really enjoys her sessions and it shows! ALL the staff are so lovely, trustworthy and attentive, and have also supported me as a parent!! I feel very content knowing my daughter is in the great care of the staff.

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Kate Robertson
a year ago

We are very grateful to Pepperberry and their wonderful staff who have supported our 18 month into nursery for the first time. They make effort to know everyone on an individual basis, making it feel more like a family run nursery. Staff are welcoming and kind and facilities and activities are enriching (including large outdoor spaces with vegetable garden) Having recently moved to the UK with little support nearby, when we gave birth they happily helped us by taking our eldest on a non-nursery day. Recommend!!

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Charlotte Wynn
a year ago

Our daughter has been very happy here for the past year, the staff are caring and our daughter happily goes into nursery every day with excitement. In terms of development, our daughter has advanced tremendously and is far beyond where we thought she would be at this stage - staff recognise the different needs of the children and respond accordingly. Thank you Pepperberry for everything so far!

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ziya yel
a year ago

The nursery is always clean and well organised and the day is planned around fun games and activities. The nursery is respectful of all faiths and backgrounds, and try their utmost to introduce the children to global festivals and important calendar days. The meals are on time, well planned and healthy and the children also get to enjoy a very important nap during the day. The nursery is extremely particular about the general health of children at the nursery and will immediately inform parents when there is an outbreak of any kind. The communication has always been informative, well timed and detailed. Thank you anyways for making my son feel right at home and allowing him to flourish. He has the best time there and it’s evident by how excited he is to go to nursery. Thank you for being his second family and working so hard to help him with his words/sounds, we have started seeing a big improvement in his attempts at copying words

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Inspection history

Date: October 2012

The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Good). We're re-checking it against the original report.

  • August 2021Good
  • July 2021Good
  • January 2014Outstanding
  • November 2013Outstanding
  • November 2012Outstanding
  • October 2012Outstanding

Frequently asked about Pepperberry Day Nursery

About the setting

Pepperberry Day Nursery registered in 2011. The nursery employs 29 members of childcare staff, with various qualification levels, including one with qualified teacher status. The nursery operates Monday to Friday, all year round, from 7.30am until 6pm, and provides funded early education for three- and four-year-old children.

URN
EY429884
Registered person
Pepperberry Day Nurseries Ltd
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Previous rating
Outstanding

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