The Excellence in Childcare core philosophy is to ensure that all the children in our care are happy, motivated and enthused. We treat each and every child as an individual and work around what inspires and excites them to make the time spent with us relaxed, comfortable, enjoyable and fulfilling.

We place great value on the views and experience of our children’s parents and carers and by working together, we strive to help the children in our care develop and succeed in all their education.

Our superb facilities, high standards of care, nutritious meals and snacks, stimulating creative play and learning opportunities provide the best start in life for your child.

Excellence in Childcare expects its staff to meet exceptionally high standards in terms of qualifications, experience and above all their enthusiasm in caring for and educating young children.

The staff in each setting are part of an integrated team of highly motivated, skilled and experienced professionals. In particular, the members of our nursery teams are fully supported by an expert central office, allowing them to concentrate completely on your children.

Our commitment is to provide and maintain a safe and welcoming environment, where parents will feel happy and confident to leave their children with our highly motivated, qualified and experienced staff. Every nursery that we manage us purpose built and provides state of the art security with secure access systems, individual play areas for babies, toddlers and pre-school children, all with fantastic facilities and equipment.

Located within the Cheshire County Council Children Centre, the new service offers support for both children and their families.

Run by a social enterprise business model, our nurseries are non profit making and are affiliated to the Partnership of schools within our community that are delivering the highest standards of education. Within our daily routines the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum is stringently adhered to, so making the transition to school for our children much more seamless.

Excellence in Childcare offers full and part time places, flexible opening hours and opportunities to save money on holiday club care with reduced rates for placing more than one child with us.

All our nurseries are Ofsted registered and are inspected under the Children’s Act and receive regular visits to ensure our practices and procedures are in accordance with the National Day Care Standards.

Through the eyes of Katy (4 months old)

When Daddy drops me off at nursery in the morning, Anna, the lovely lady who looks after me, welcomes me with a smile and gives me a big cuddle and then gets me ready to eat my breakfast. After I have had enough porridge or rusk in milk, it’s time to play – I have one particular yellow rattle that I absolutely love as it has lots and lots of little coloured balls in it! At nursery, I’m the boss – I choose the toys and things to do that interest me, and I have lots of fun. Most days after I’ve been outside for some fresh air I am ready for a nappy change and then a little snooze. When I wake up, I like to play some more whilst my own personal chef makes my lunch just how I like it. The afternoon brings more play time, nappy changes and of course another little sleep. Mum comes after work to pick me up. One last hug from Anna for the day and off I go. I love going to nursery, although I do get a little tired from all the fun and exciting things. Mummy always sends me with extra clothes as I like to get really messy! Mummy and Daddy always know what I have been up to because I have my own special diary with photographs and notes about what I’ve been doing throughout the day….

Through the eyes of Joshua – 2 years old I love arriving at nursery in the mornings as its time for breakfast. I have Wheetbix with warm milk and a banana. After that Suzanne always lets me play with the toy trains – Thomas the Tank is best, through I quite like James too. I have many friends at nursery, but my best friend is Jack and he is two and half. We love singing time – especially when Suzanne puts on a show with the puppets – that really makes us laugh. When it’s cold, we wrap up warm in out coats, hats and gloves to play outside. There are bikes and cars to ride on and a den to play in. Some of my friends have a nap bit I’m not usually tired at all. By lunchtime, I’m really hungry for my pasta and then it’s time for Grandpa to pick me up. Can’t wait until tomorrow – Jack and I are going to play in the sand pit!

Through the eyes of Alisha – 4 years old

I really enjoy nursery, although Mummy says that as I am a big girl I will going to school soon. Because I can recognise my own name, when I arrive at nursery I have to sign in by picking up my name and picture and putting it on the big board. In the mornings I enjoy playing with Bethany and Thomas in the ‘home corner’ – although we sometimes argue over who can do the ironing and the cooking for the dollies. Song time is fun – my favourite is the ‘Wheels on the Bus’. We big children can have our snack time whenever we are hungry in the morning and I usually choose to have an apple or banana. When we go outside, we play a fabulous game with a parachute where we have to all run under – it makes me laugh. When we come in we can play a bit more or choose a book to read. After that it’s tidy time, then we have the special ‘Bye Bye’ song that we sing and then Mum comes to pick me up. I’m going to miss nursery when I go to school, but lots of my friends are coming too!