Highview Kindergarten Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Bolton for babies from 9 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2002, with 56 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Children are entitled to government education(Working Parents’ Entitlement) funded hours from the term after they turn 9 months old. The 30 funded hours is only given for term weeks, 38 per year. As our setting is open all year round we stretch the funding allocation over the 51 weeks we are open. • If parents are not entitled to Working Parents’ entitlement we are able to claim 15 universal funde.
Worth knowing. Funded hours do not include meals, snacks, drinks, additional hours to cover the full-day, nappies and wipes (if required), nursery suncream, trips into the local area, extra curriculum activities, special occasions. These additionals are an alternative enhanced optional package.
What childcare usually costs in Bolton
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bolton 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
BL1 7DZWhat 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, 19 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The well-established team of staff welcomes children with enthusiasm as they arrive. Children's emotional needs are prioritised by nurturing staff who take pride in the care they provide. Staff are calm and take opportunities to develop children's understanding of different feelings and emotions. Children explore books and talk about how the characters may be feeling. Children make connections with these emotions as they talk about how they are feeling throughout the day. Children display a strong sense of belonging in the setting. Staff are positive role models who demonstrate manners and respect. Children follow these expectations. They know the routines and eagerly take on tasks such as being the 'special helper', where they help to set up the table and give out plates to their friends. Children behave extremely well and play cooperatively, initiating games and showing care as they carefully look for spiders in the bushes outside together.
Leaders have implemented an aspirational curriculum that is based on a sound understanding of how children learn. Staff know the children and families well and use this knowledge to plan exciting activities that build on what children know and can do. Staff plan interesting, fun activities that widen children's experiences and enthuse their love of learning. They regularly assess the impact the curriculum is having on children's development to identify if they would benefit from additional support in their learning. This helps all children to make good progress in their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to plan learning experiences that help children to remain engaged and develop their concentration skills, particularly at group time.
- 19 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 12 June 2019Good
- 1 August 2014Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Highview Kindergarten Ltd
- What it costs
- 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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