1st Safari - Genesis (Milnrow)
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Rochdale for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2023. Open since 2020, with 72 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
2-Year-Olds: 15 hours per week funded childcare for eligible families; 3-Year-Olds: 15 hours per week universal funding for all children; 30 hours per week for eligible working families.
What childcare usually costs in Rochdale
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Rochdale from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
OL16 4HPWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 31 August 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The provider, manager and staff have worked with parents and other agencies to make the required improvements in the setting. Staff have attended curriculum training and other useful courses, such as the care of babies and child development. As a result, the curriculum is now much more ambitious and helps children refine and develop their skills as they move through the setting's rooms.
Leaders and staff have high expectations for all children. All children, including children who receive funded places and children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress from their starting points.
Staff warmly greet children and parents at the door as they arrive and are interested in children's home lives. As a result, children separate from their parents with ease and are excited to start their day. Staff know children well. This means they are able to support the children's emotional well-being. For example, they cuddle and reassure younger children when they indicate they are tired. Staff support older children to work together to solve simple problems.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- continue to embed the new arrangements for staff supervision to help all staff develop their practice to consistently high levels across the team n ensure that all meals provided for children are healthy, balanced and nutritious.
- 31 August 2023Good
- 10 January 2023Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for 1st Safari - Genesis (Milnrow)
- What it costs
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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