Kids Planet Sale
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Sale 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 January 2024. Open since 2013, 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 Trafford
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Trafford 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
M33 2AFWhat 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.
- 27 January 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 12 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff warmly welcome children and consider how to personalise ways to help them to settle in if they feel overwhelmed. They give children a teddy bear when they arrive to support them to be ready for the day ahead. This helps children to feel at ease and safe, as well as to develop a sense of belonging.
Staff provide high-quality resources that encourage children to be independent and curious learners. Younger children have plenty of time to self-select resources and test out their own ideas. They develop their imaginative role-play skills using tea sets with their favourite toys and dolls. Staff offer prompts in the moment to extend play, such as adding tea bags and water to the role play. Older children are introduced to new learning. Staff then give children time to re-enact and revisit learning at their own pace. For instance, staff set up a shop to develop children's counting and social interaction skills with each other. First, the shop game is role modelled by staff, then children have time to revisit and recall learning as the shop keeper or customer. Across all age ranges, children excitedly join in, listening well to staff. Children develop a thirst for learning, which helps them to make good progress.
Supporting children's social and emotional skills is a key focus of the curriculum.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen assessment of children's prior knowledge and experiences, in particular for children who speak EAL or hear additional languages at home, to inform curriculum planning.
- 12 January 2024Good
- 13 March 2018Outstanding
- 28 April 2014Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kids Planet Sale
- 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.