Care Chiefs
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Manchester for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £19.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2022. Open since 2015, with 72 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £19.00After School £47.00Holiday Club £85.00 | £54.00AM only or PM only, 5 hrs | £13.00Additional Hours | £99.00Holiday Club £380.005 days |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.10 a day Meals: Tea
- £3.20 a day Meals: Lunch
- £7.50 to £13.00 a day Breakfast Club
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £5.40 a week Consumables Feevoluntary
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
30 hours of funded childcare per week for eligible 2 year olds; 15 hours of funded childcare per week for all 3 & 4 year olds; 30 hours of funded childcare per week for eligible working parents.
Worth knowing. Consumables Fee: £5.40 / week (voluntary).
What childcare usually costs in Salford
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Salford 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
M38 9SBWhat 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.
- 19 September 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 24 August 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are very happy and settled in this warm, vibrant and welcoming nursery.
They quickly develop close and trusting bonds with the caring and patient staff team. Children continuously demonstrate that they feel safe and secure. Staff's interactions with children are encouraging, supportive and playful. Babies in particular benefit from the kind and nurturing approach of staff. Children's social skills and their language development continue to remain a focus following the
COVID-19 pandemic. Staff's efforts are clearly evident. Children are motivated to learn. They are curious and explore their surroundings with confidence, engaging with visitors and smiling broadly.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen teaching further by ensuring that staff challenge and extend children's ideas and build on what they already know and can do n assist staff to develop their practice consistently, so that they encourage children to solve their own problems as they play and develop their critical thinking skills.
- 24 August 2022Good
- 19 January 2022Needs improvement
- 29 August 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Care Chiefs
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £19.00 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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