Childcare costs in Leigh
Published prices run from £6.10 to £8.20 an hour (the middle is £7.30); a full day at a day nursery from £61.00 to £80.00.
Read from the nurseries' own fee pages, most recently on 16 October 2026.
Work out the cost for your child's age and days
Funded hours, by age
| Age | Funded hours | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Under 9 months | None | Every family pays the full fee. |
| 9 months to 2 years | Up to 30 hours a week, 38 weeks a year | Working parents (gov.uk) |
| 2 years | Up to 30 hours a week if you work; 15 hours if you get certain support | Working parents, or families on some benefits (gov.uk) |
| 3 and 4 years, until Reception | 15 hours a week for every child; up to 30 for working parents | Everyone (gov.uk) |
Hours start the term after your child reaches the age: terms start on 1 September, 1 January and 1 April. 30 hours a week for 38 weeks is 1,140 hours a year, and many nurseries spread them over more weeks. Working parents apply on gov.uk for a code and reconfirm it every three months. Key dates works out when your child's hours start.
National rules for England from September 2025: gov.uk. Nurseries may charge for meals, nappies and activities on funded hours; those charges are not in the figures here.
Nurseries with a published fee (4)
"A year full time" is 5 days of 10 hours for 51 weeks (2,550 hours). With 30 funded hours (a child from 9 months to 4 years, parents working) 1,140 of them are free and 1,410 are paid at the nursery's hourly rate. Pre-schools open for sessions, not full days, so only their hourly rate is shown.
Little Rainbows' Day Nursery
£61.00 a day · £6.10 an hour (its day rate over a 10-hour day)
A year full time: £8,600 after 30 funded hours (£717 a month); £15,560 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 13 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
The Ducklings Day Nursery
£66.00 a day · £6.60 an hour (its day rate over a 10-hour day)
A year full time: £9,310 after 30 funded hours (£776 a month); £16,830 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 13 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
The Avenue Private Day Care
£80.00 a day · £8.00 an hour (its day rate over a 10-hour day)
A year full time: £11,280 after 30 funded hours (£940 a month); £20,400 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 13 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
First Steps Private Day Nursery Limited
£71.25 a day · £8.20 an hour (its published hourly rate)
A year full time: £11,560 after 30 funded hours (£963 a month); £20,910 with no funded hours (under 9 months).
The nursery's published price on 16 October 2026: its fee page. Check with the nursery before you rely on it.
Nurseries whose fee we do not hold (15)
- ABC Castle Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 21 February 2025): fee unknown
- Appy Little Plums Ltd (Day nursery; Ofsted: Outstanding, 28 June 2024): fee unknown
- Bluestone Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 25 September 2023): fee unknown
- Fairfield Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 31 August 2023): fee unknown
- Higher Folds 2 Year Olds (Pre-school; Ofsted: Good, 22 June 2023): fee unknown
- Honey Bear Day Care (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 12 August 2021): fee unknown
- Kids Planet Leigh (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 14 March 2024): fee unknown
- Leigh South Community Nursery (Pre-school; Ofsted: Good, 28 March 2023): fee unknown
- Leigh St Thomas Preschool Ltd (Pre-school; Ofsted: Not inspected yet): fee unknown
- Little Giggles Private Day Nursery & Preschool - Leigh (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 19 July 2023): fee unknown
- Little Rainbows' 2 Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 21 March 2022): fee unknown
- Newton Westpark Nursery (Pre-school; Ofsted: Good, 19 December 2024): fee unknown
- The Beeches Pre School (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 16 July 2024): fee unknown
- Twist Lane Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 1 November 2024): fee unknown
- Woodland Adventure Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Not inspected yet): fee unknown
For comparison, a paid hour at a typical nursery in the North West region costs £6.78 for a child under 2 and £6.17 for a 2-year-old. That is a survey average, not any nursery's own price.
Source: Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
More in nurseries in Leigh, ranked by what Ofsted found, and private school fees.
Nurseries: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections. Fees: each nursery's own website, read by kinplace's fee reader; a fee is left out when the page is shared with other nurseries (unless it is a chain's own price list, checked again for each branch), on another website, for an earlier year, or read more than 120 days ago.
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