Kids Planet Higher Broughton
Good★ 4.1 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Salford for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2022. Open since 2014, with 160 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 Salford
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Salford 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
M7 4HTWhat 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.
- 19 July 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 23 August 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive excited to explore the environment and meet their friends. Familiar staff welcome children into the nursery. Staff have a genuine interest in what children have to say. Children are eager to share their thoughts with staff and their friends. Staff carefully set up intriguing and interesting activities. They ensure that these link to children's current interests. This means that children engage in their learning very well. Children learn about how to keep their teeth healthy. They share discuss their experiences of when they visited the dentist. This leads to conversations about what might happen at the dentist, which helps to manage children's expectations in real life.
Staff have high expectations of children's behaviour. This leads to children learning the same expectations. They remind their friends to have 'listening ears' while others are speaking. Children clearly feel safe and happy as they seek out staff to help them. Staff comfort children, who settle easily if they become upset.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the nursery continued to operate and kept contact with families. The nursery put support in place for any children with early identified additional needs, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This has helped children to make very good progress and to be ready for the next stage in their learning. This includes their transition to school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- reflect on the ways that staff understand and implement routines throughout the nursery, particularly at snack times.
- 23 August 2022Good
- 21 January 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kids Planet Higher Broughton
- 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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