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The White House Nursery

Ofsted: Expected standard·The White House, South Drive, Liverpool, L12 2AE · Liverpool
Number of places
55 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2026
Local authority
Liverpool

About this day nursery

The White House Day Nursery offers childcare across multiple locations, including Borrowash, Alvaston, Oakwood, Hilton, Shirland, and Alfreton, catering to children from 3 months to 5 years old. They provide both all-year-round (51-week) and term-time only (38-week) contracts, aiming for flexibility and value for families.

Their Kids Club in Borrowash specifically offers term-time places for 2-5 year olds, operating Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4:30 pm. The nursery prides itself on experienced staff, offering a stimulating environment with various play experiences, free-flow access to outdoor spaces, and healthy, home-cooked meals.

They support parents with regular updates, feedback, and parent "stay & play" sessions, ensuring a strong relationship between home and nursery life. The facilities include CCTV, finger-print or facial recognition access, onsite parking, air-conditioned rooms, and settling-in sessions.

All staff are enhanced DBS checked and first-aid trained. The White House Day Nursery is dedicated to helping families navigate government funding options, striving to make childcare accessible and straightforward.

What it's like

Children attending this nursery are given the opportunity to thrive, feeling safe, happy, and stimulated. Staff offer a warm welcome, knowing each child's routines, personalities, and interests well. Children confidently engage in play, from babies developing early movement to toddlers exploring through hands-on activities, becoming absorbed and showing their achievements. Older children arrive eagerly, demonstrating a strong sense of belonging, making timely progress, and benefiting from a varied curriculum that incorporates their interests.

Multiple locationsAll-year-round & term-time contractsGovernment funding supportOutdoor learningHome-cooked meals

Pricing & funding

The nursery offers both 51-week all-year-round and 38-week term-time contracts. For eligible children, 30-hour funding is stretched across 51 weeks, covering at least two days of childcare per week. The only additional charge for funded places is for meals.

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds

Good to know

  • Meals are charged at £8.50 per day for funded children.
  • For 51-week contracts, there is a minimum booking of 20 hours per week, with funding allocated across 10-hour days.
  • For 38-week contracts, the minimum booking is 9 hours per week and maximum 15 hours per week.
  • The nursery is closed from 25th to 31st December, and there is no charge for this closed week.
  • 30-hour funding is stretched across 51 weeks for eligible children.
  • The 38-week contract follows local authority term dates and is not available for children receiving the 30-hour offer.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday - Friday, 7.30am - 6.00pm (main nurseries); Monday - Friday, 8am - 4.30pm (Kids Club term-time)

Food

Freshly prepared meals, snacks and drinks, catering for dietary needs

Age range

3 months - 5 years

Term time / All Year

All_year

Session types

Full Day, 3 Hour Afternoon

Registered with Ofsted

2024

Waitlist

Unknown

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Jun 2026

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted report for The White House Nursery

Last inspected 19 June 2026

What it's like to attend

Children attending this nursery are given the opportunity to thrive, feeling safe, happy, and stimulated. Staff offer a warm welcome, knowing each child's routines, personalities, and interests well. Children confidently engage in play, from babies developing early movement to toddlers exploring through hands-on activities, becoming absorbed and showing their achievements. Older children arrive eagerly, demonstrating a strong sense of belonging, making timely progress, and benefiting from a varied curriculum that incorporates their interests.

Inspector highlights

  • Children behave extremely well, showing politeness, kindness, and sharing toys with patience.
  • Leaders, staff, and children share warm, caring relationships, ensuring babies settle quickly and all children feel valued and motivated.
  • The nursery uses music, songs, and conversation to develop children's confidence and teach them to be caring and patient.
  • Children benefit from regular yoga and sound therapy activities, learning techniques to relax and self-regulate.
  • Physical development is a focus, with environments supporting emerging physical skills and older children creating obstacle courses.
  • The curriculum holistically supports all areas of learning, with staff effectively extending children's interests.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should ensure that staff accurately identify and address children's gaps in knowledge so that children embed this knowledge for future learning.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders and staff create effective plans that support the development of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), identifying emerging needs promptly through focused observation. They work collaboratively with parents and other agencies to create and evaluate tailored plans, purposefully using additional funding to enhance progress.

Outdoor space

Outdoors, children show energy and teamwork, supported by staff who encourage them across stepping stones, climbing equipment, and drawing on blackboards. Due to the success of the outside areas in developing physical skills, the nursery is looking to provide canopy cover for more access in adverse weather.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

19 June 2026

Expected standard

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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