Grow Happy Childcare
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Stalybridge for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2023. Open since 2013, with 64 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Grow Happy Nursery offers free funded hours to all eligible 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds.
Worth knowing. Option of taking just the funded hours or paying for an additional top-up to cover extra hours; Top-up charges for two-course lunches and additional services; The ability to split your entitlement across providers.
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
SK15 1PFWhat 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.
- 10 July 2023Good
- 21 February 2023Inadequate
- 7 March 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Grow Happy Childcare
- What it costs
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
- 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.