Giggle and Grow Oldham
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Oldham for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2010.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours funded places for all 3- and 4-year-olds (and some 2-year-olds, subject to eligibility). Giggle and Grow also offers 30 hours funded places for working parents (subject to eligibility), from children aged 9 months.
Worth knowing. Giggle and Grow day nursery have a small fee for consumables, such as breakfast, snack, lunch and tea for children that access 15- or 30-hours Free Entitlement Funding. Parent / carers have the option of bringing their own snacks or packed lunch.
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 3XEWhat 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, 4 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and confident. They settle quickly and are greeted warmly by staff who are excited to listen to what they have been doing at home. Children who are new to the nursery settle quickly with caring staff who reassure them with cuddles. Staff have created a nurturing environment where children feel safe and secure.
Children's behaviour is exemplary. Staff create clear and consistent routines. This provides children with clear expectations. Staff use visual cues throughout the nursery to develop children's understanding of now and next. This results in smooth transitions for all children throughout the routine. Children demonstrate a passion to learn and are eager to join in all experiences. Staff ooze with enthusiasm, which leads to children forming positive attitudes towards learning.
Staff create an environment which encourages children to explore and learn freely.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- further develop staff's understanding of how to support children's communication and language development so that all interactions are of a consistently high quality n explore ways to broaden children's understanding of how to keep themselves safe online in an age-appropriate way.
- 4 November 2022Good
- 10 September 2018Outstanding
- 13 March 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Giggle and Grow Oldham
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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