Amaryllis Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Manchester for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 2025. Open since 2017, with 53 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 and 30-hour funding.
What childcare usually costs in Trafford
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Trafford 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
M16 9BBWhat 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, 27 August 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children develop warm relationships with kind and nurturing staff, who know them well. The effective key-person approach ensures that children form secure attachments with adults and settle well. Time is taken to get to know each child and their family, and all staff speak knowledgeably about the children attending.
Staff ensure that children are well prepared for important transitions. Strong links with local primary schools support children as they get ready for the next stage in their education. Parents value initiatives such as the 'ready for school' packs, which include helpful guidance on managing emotions and staying safe, including through the 'pantasaurus' programme. These efforts ensure that children are supported effectively as they move on to school.
Leaders have a clear and ambitious vision for providing high-quality care for all children. The nursery offers a variety of extracurricular experiences that enrich children's learning and development. Children visit the library and use the '4D
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review the implementation of the curriculum across the setting to ensure consistency in children's learning and support children to build on their existing skills n support staff to develop their skills in explaining expectations, so children understand the reasons behind rules and routines.
- 27 August 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 5 February 2020Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Amaryllis Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Meals
- Nappies
- 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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