Holyrood Day Nursery Shaw
Good★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Oldham for children from birth to 5, open 07:30 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 March 2024. Open since 2008, with 83 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 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
OL2 8APWhat 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.
- 1 September 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 7 August 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 8 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide children with a warm welcome as they enter this vibrant setting.
Children show high levels of confidence and are keen to greet visitors. Staff are good role models. They ensure that children understand what is expected of them and teach them right from wrong. Children are kind and caring. They develop positive friendships and behave well. Staff support children to develop a can-do attitude towards their learning. Children relish taking on challenges. For example, they confidently learn how to use climbing apparatus while completing an assault course. Babies giggle with delight while crawling. They gain good core body strength in readiness for walking.
Staff provide children with an ambitious curriculum that helps them to make good progress. They have the same ambitions for all children and are advocates for removing any barriers to learning. Staff provide a range of first-hand experiences that help children to learn. For example, children are enthralled while learning how to cook meals with the chef. They find out where foods come from and visit the supermarket to buy ingredients. Staff support children's independence skills well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the organisation of routines, so that children stay fully engaged in their learning n refine systems for staff supervision, to help raise staff practice further.
- 8 March 2024Good
- 2 May 2018Good
- 20 December 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Holyrood Day Nursery Shaw
- 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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