offsteadgood2food_rating_5Open since 2003 Wind in the Willows Childcare Sefton, Merseyside offers a fun loving and stimulating environment for children aged 3 months to 5 years. We believe in parent partnership and feel building a close relationship with all our parents and families is important in making sure we deliver the best possible service to you and your child.

Inside children enjoy bright, light and vibrant rooms with exciting role play, water play, construction and sensory areas. Outside we have a generous garden well-equipped with soft-play, an outdoor classroom, an adventure playground and much more!

At all Wind in the Willows settings we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.

Wind in the Willows Childcare Ltd can provide ALL children aged 3 to 4 years with up to 30 hours FREE Early Education Entitlement. We can also provide children who are 2 years old the FREE Early Education Entitlement for those families who meet the Department For Education(DFE) criteria. Please ring for further information.

We are open Monday to Friday 7.30am to 18.00pm. For more information please contact us on 0151 521 1555 or sefton@witwchildcare.co.uk

In our latest Ofsted Inspection we achieved a rating of Good. Please take a look at www.ofsted.gov.uk

Location Details

Manager Name: Tracey Murray
House / Building Name: Wind in the Willows Childcare
Address Line 2: Ronald Ross Avenue
Address Line 3: Bootle
Postcode: L30 5RH (Click postcode for the map)
Telephone Number: 0151 521 1555
Email Address:sefton@witwchildcare.co.uk

Opening Hours

Opening Hours are for all year round.
Monday: 07:30 – 18:00
Tuesday: 07:30 – 18:00
Wednesday: 07:30 – 18:00
Thursday: 07:30 – 18:00
Friday: 07:30 – 18:00
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed

Latest News

September 07,2021
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Employment Opportunity

A great opportunity has arisen to join our amazing team at our Woolston setting, be a part of our journey as we develop curious learners, who play and explore the world around them. We are looking for Read More >
August 16,2021
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Sefton Graduation 2021

We had a wonderful graduation ceremony this year, (all be it a socially distanced one). The children learned 2 new songs ‘You are My Sunshine’ and ‘The Graduate Song’. Parents Read More >
July 14,2021
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Continuous Professional Dev

We have recently supported our Area Manager in gaining her EYTS (Early Years Teaching Status).  Congratulations to Liza for all her hard work.  Liza will now use this qualification to support each s Read More >
May 04,2021
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Pyjama-rama

We will be taking part on FRIDAY 14th MAY in the BookTrusts pyjama day. Staff and children will be coming into nursery in pyjamas. There will be hot chocolate and a bedtime story. Our Story of the day Read More >
April 23,2021
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Community Spirit

We would like to say a big thankyou to all our staff, parents/carers and the community for all the fabulous egg donations! We have had around 100 eggs donated to the food bank, these eggs will make su Read More >
March 26,2021
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Easter Bonnets

Thank you to the families who have made their Easter Bonnet, they now have pride of place on the Easter display in reception. Read More >
March 26,2021
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Thank You

We are absolutely blown away by everyone’s kindness and generosity! A huge thankyou to one of our wonderful parents. Beth Johnson and her cousin for raising an amazing £200 to be donated to the com Read More >
February 11,2021
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Chinese New Year Celebratio

Sefton are celebrating Chinese New Year, with a day of dressing up, food tasting and fortune cookies. All of our activites have a Chinese theme and the children will enjoy a traditional banquet at lun Read More >
October 23,2020
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Home Learning Activity

Feed the Hungry Shape Monsters   Links to EYFS Communication and Language – Understanding  Physical development – Moving and Handling Mathematics – Numbers, Space, Shape and Measure   Read More >

Special Events

5* Food Hygiene Rating
November 19,2019
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5* Food Hygiene Rating

Congratulations to Sue and the Team at Wind in the Willows Sefton. After our Environmental Health Inspection we have maintained our 5* Food Hygiene Rating.   Read More >
Sefton’s Big Soup Share
November 11,2019
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Sefton’s Big Soup Sha

The Chef and Children gathered vegetables from the community allotments and the Nursery garden. These vegetables where washed and chopped by the children. The nursery Chef  helped the children make t Read More >
December 20,2018
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Diwali at Sefton

Sefton enjoyed celebrating Diwali Read More >
November 12,2018
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Sefton achieves their Garde

We are proud to announce that we have successfully completed our Level 3 School Gardening Award with The Royal Horticultural Society. Our prize is £150 worth of fruit and vegetable plants from Rocket Read More >
January 23,2018
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Sefton’s Winnie the P

At Sefton to celebrate Winnie the Pooh day we made honey biscuits, the children helped to gather the ingredients and weigh them out to the correct amounts. We then mixed the ingredients together to co Read More >
July 25,2017
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Sefton’s Graduation

We said tearful goodbye to all of our wonderful Pre-school Graduates at Sefton. We wanted to take the time to thank you all for attending our graduation ceremony please come back and see us and tell u Read More >
May 04,2017
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Special Guest at Sefton

We had a visit from our local Councillor Carla Thomas today in the Portacabin. She had heard some really positive things about the nursery and wanted to come along and see for herself. She observed th Read More >