Castle Top Private Day Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Mossley for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2005, with 89 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
OL5 9BLWhat 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 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children at this nursery receive a positive start to their education. Staff build close bonds with children and their parents. They spend time talking to parents, gathering information about children's likes and dislikes. This helps staff to provide learning that children are eager to engage with. The key-person system is well embedded. This is clearly demonstrated by the youngest children, who crawl onto the knee of their key person when tired. The nurturing staff cuddle children and pat them gently as they go to sleep. Children feel settled and safe.
Staff plan the curriculum with careful consideration for children's enjoyment and learning. They demonstrate their knowledge of individual children's next steps as they support and encourage children during their play. For example, staff support older children to work together as they sort leaves into size order. Younger children are helped to explore colours as they squirt paint onto foam. Children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress from their individual starting points. Staff demonstrate kind and caring behaviour. They talk nicely to children as they remind them to share and turn-take.
Children copy staff, and their behaviour is generally good.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider the organisation of the daily routine, so that waiting times are minimised, to support children's usually good behaviour to continue n support children to further extend their understanding of what actions constitute good behaviour.
- 14 November 2024Good
- 8 January 2019Good
- 15 April 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Castle Top Private Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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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