Goodwood Lodge Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Cheadle for children from birth to 5, open 07:45 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2010, with 45 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 Stockport
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Stockport 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
SK8 1EXWhat 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, 20 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The nursery is a calm and happy place. Children show that they feel safe in the company of the encouraging, friendly team. Staff use ordinary things inventively.
For example, two-year-old children find photocopies of bears on a table. Staff talk with them about the bears' feelings and welfare and children busily apply first-aid plasters to the pictures. Children concentrate hard. They practise a pincer grip to separate and peel away the paper. Staff support children to name the parts of the bear that are injured. This extends their vocabulary and conversation skills.
Children express concern about the bear and learn to be caring. They giggle with mischief when a plaster covers the bear's mouth and he cannot talk.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- measure the quality of practice more accurately, so that the programme for professional development promotes even better outcomes for children n make even better use of information gained from the assessment of children's progress, to help ensure that children get the very best support and teaching that prepares them for their move to school.
- 20 February 2024Good
- 3 April 2018Good
- 13 November 2017Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Goodwood Lodge 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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