Childcare in Sale
Sale has 22 day nurseries, 2 pre-schools, 17 school nursery classes, 10 childminders and 19 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 26 of them and rated 24 Good or better, 4 of them Outstanding. 44 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Trafford there are 41 places per 100 children under five, better supplied than England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Trafford, 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 64 school nursery classes across Trafford, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
24 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 Stagecoach Urmston Firs Road Primary School Sessional day care
- Jun 2026Closed BPS Sport & Leisure Club
- Dec 2025Closed Busy Bees Day Nursery at Sale Full day care
- Dec 2025Closed Butterflies Playgroup Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Closed Park Road Playgroup Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Closed Aim Sky High Academy Full day care
- Dec 2025Closed Invitation2play Full day care
- Dec 2025Opened Aim Sky High CIC Full day care
- Dec 2025Opened Invitation 2 Play Full day care
- Dec 2025Opened Sports And All Limited Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Beyond the Physical Wrap Around Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Code Ninjas Trafford Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Sale
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Sale take funded hours?
20 of the 70 settings in Sale 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Sale rated Outstanding?
Yes. 4 of the 26 settings Ofsted has inspected in Sale hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Sale take babies?
42 settings in Sale 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 Sale?
Trafford has 41 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 Sale
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.