Childcare in Manchester (Bury)
Manchester (Bury) has 16 day nurseries, 6 pre-schools, 21 school nursery classes, 9 childminders and 6 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 18 of them, and rated every one Good or better, 2 of them Outstanding. 40 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Bury there are 32 places per 100 children under five, about the same as England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Bury, divided by the children aged 0 to 4 who live there at the 2021 Census. It compares areas; it is not a count of free places today. It also leaves out the 51 school nursery classes across Bury, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
2 settings match. Search by postcode to sort them by how far they really are.
What has changed here
Ofsted does not publish closures, so we work them out by comparing releases. Worth knowing if you are working from an old list.
- Jun 2026Opened St. Hilda's Prestwich - Edstart Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Kids Yoga Nature Holiday Club Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Honeybear Nursery Full day care
- Dec 2025Closed Blue Skies Montessori Nursery Full day care
- Dec 2025Closed Kumon Prestwich Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Kip Mcgrath Whitefield Full day care
- Dec 2025Opened NCA Classroom Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Opened Nature Wild Full day care
- Jun 2025Opened Kids Planet Prestwich Baby House Full day care
- Jun 2025Opened The Therapy Adventure Phillips Park Sessional day care
What people ask about childcare in Manchester (Bury)
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Manchester (Bury) take funded hours?
25 of the 58 settings in Manchester (Bury) are recorded as taking the government funded hours. Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.
Are any nurseries in Manchester (Bury) rated Outstanding?
Yes. 2 of the 18 settings Ofsted has inspected in Manchester (Bury) hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Manchester (Bury) take babies?
30 settings in Manchester (Bury) are registered to take children under two. Ofsted's register does not say whether a setting runs a baby room or has space in it, so ring before you plan around it.
Is it hard to get a nursery place in Manchester (Bury)?
Bury has 32 registered childcare places for every 100 children under five, against 32 across England. That is registered capacity rather than free places, so it compares areas rather than telling you what is available this week.
Towns close to Manchester (Bury)
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.