Amber's Attic Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Manchester for children from birth to 8+, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 March 2024. Open since 2004, with 111 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours per week for 3 and 4 year olds, some 2 year olds, and an additional 15 hrs for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds.
What childcare usually costs in Bury
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bury 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
M26 1JRWhat 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, 14 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The manager has planned a robust process to settle children into the setting, and the key-person system is well embedded. As a result, children are happy, secure and settled. Children enter this setting with beaming smiles. Staff make time to talk to parents as they drop off their children. This helps staff to understand how children are feeling. For example, parents share important information about their child, such as their sleep and what they have eaten. Staff are sensitive to children's needs. As a result, children's emotional well-being is supported. Children engage well with activities. For example, they are eager to dig in a tray of soil. Staff want children to make good progress. They model sharing and turn-taking behaviours, which children copy. Staff skilfully use conversations to build children's knowledge.
For example, they help children to consider what will happen to the seeds they have planted. Children build their language and develop their thinking skills.
Outdoors, children have the opportunity to practise their large-muscle skills as they jump on steps and balance. This helps children's core strength and coordination.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the implementation of the curriculum to provide children with learning experiences that are more precisely linked to the skills they need to learn next n refine curriculum planning, especially at mealtimes, to help children to remain engaged and so that behaviour remains good.
- 14 March 2024Good
- 15 May 2018Good
- 16 September 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Amber's Attic Ltd
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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