Corner House Nursery Trafford Park
Good★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Manchester for children from birth to 5, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 June 2022. Open since 2006, with 131 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 Trafford
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Trafford 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
M17 1JEWhat 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.
- 11 August 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 1 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and safe at this warm and inviting nursery. Although the
COVID-19 pandemic has slightly altered their experiences, children show resilience as they adapt to changes. For example, they are excited to show their parents around their classrooms, now that visitors are allowed in. A successful key-person system means that staff get to know children well and support their well-being.
Children show positive attitudes towards their learning. They learn how to regulate their behaviour and feelings in an age-appropriate way. Babies persevere as they learn to crawl, walk and climb up low-level apparatus. They explore the sounds of musical instruments and babble with delight. Toddlers develop their small-muscle skills as they pick up leaves, using tweezers. They excitedly notice an ant outdoors while digging in the soil. Older children make their own play dough and use their imaginations to build a 'castle' with small construction blocks. Outdoors, they practise taking turns and develop their spatial awareness as they engage in ring games. Children are learning that they should value and celebrate similarities and differences between themselves and others, such as the way that they look and the languages that they speak.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- sharpen curriculum planning, to identify more precisely the knowledge and skills that children need to acquire and in what order n strengthen the programme of coaching and support, to raise staff practice to a consistent level across the nursery.
- 1 June 2022Good
- 6 August 2019Good
- 10 October 2013Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Corner House Nursery Trafford Park
- 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.
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