Broadbottom Pre-school Playgroup
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Hyde for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £42.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 1971, with 21 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £42.00SCHOOL DAY £55.00with wrap around | £5.00LUNCH PERIOD £8.00WRAP AROUND AM, 1.5 hrs £12.00WRAP AROUND PM, 2 hrs £20.50HALF DAY PM or HALF DAY AM, 3 hrs |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £0.67 Breakfast
- £1.12 Snack
- £1.14 Light Tea
Funded hours
Government funding for 2+ year olds; 30 hours free childcare per week for working parents.
Worth knowing. We may not be able to offer the full 30 funded hours immediately.
What childcare usually costs in Tameside
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Tameside 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
SK14 6AAWhat 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, 3 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are busy playing and learning at this setting. Managers and staff have high aspirations for children. They support children to develop the skills that they need to prepare them for school by offering a range of activities and by supporting children as they play. For example, staff encourage children to put on their own coats and to pour their own drinks at snack time. Staff model behaviour well. They join in children's play and demonstrate how to take turns, use equipment carefully and to consider their friends. Children show lovely behaviour and start to build friendships with their peers.
Through observations, talking with parents and listening to children, staff build their knowledge of what children need. They use this to help them to prepare a curriculum that is interesting and engages children well. Staff understand children's starting points and they skilfully help children to build on their learning during play.
For example, when children count bricks, staff extend this learning by asking children to add one more. Staff take children on regular outings to support children's knowledge of their local community. They walk to the shops, where they explore and purchase local produce, such as lemon curd. They taste this at snack time. Staff use the trips to help children think about safety. They discuss road safety as they look for safe spaces to cross the road. Children begin to consider ways of keeping themselves safe.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- sharply focus staff development, so that knowledge is built continuously and teaching promotes the best possible outcomes for children n consistently teach children how to follow hygiene procedures and learn how to reduce the risk of spreading infection.
- 3 October 2023Good
- 27 February 2018Good
- 10 October 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Broadbottom Pre-school Playgroup
- Nappies
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 £42.00 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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.