Appledore Private Day Nursery Ltd
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Oldham for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £72.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2014, with 72 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £72.00 | £50.00Afternoon, 3 hrs £54.40Morning, 3 hrs |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours for 3 and 4-year-olds, and some eligible 2-year-olds.
Worth knowing. 15 hours: mornings 9am–12pm or afternoons 1pm–4pm, Monday to Friday, 38 weeks a year. 30 hours: can be used as 3 x 10-hour days, or school hours (9am–3pm), 38 weeks a year; can be stretched throughout the year for full-time parents.
What childcare usually costs in Oldham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Oldham 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
OL1 3USWhat 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, 8 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are deeply nurtured and cared for by dedicated and exceptional staff in this inclusive setting. Staff know children extremely well. They adapt their interactions and routines to ensure those children who need extra support or who are new receive one-to-one attention from staff to swiftly help them form strong attachments. Children show that they feel very loved and secure as they snuggle up to staff who read them their chosen stories.
Staff have increased children's access to the outdoor environment and physical activity over recent years. This has had a very positive impact on children's ability to regulate their emotions, settle and concentrate for longer periods of time.
Children thrive with rich experiences that help them to learn about the world around them. For instance, children enjoy looking at the birds in the mini forest.
- 8 January 2025Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 19 February 2019Outstanding
- 7 January 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Appledore Private Day Nursery Ltd
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- Is £72.00 a day still the rate? 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.
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