Kingfisher Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Manchester for children from birth to 5, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 July 2023. Open since 2013, with 97 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We are eligible to receive government funding so eligible children can access FREE education and care.
What childcare usually costs in Manchester
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Manchester 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
M20 3PPWhat 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 July 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 7 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and ready to learn. Key staff greet children at the door and warmly welcome them in. Children quickly settle in their own rooms, find their friends and eagerly engage in the many exciting activities on offer for them. Babies actively explore the environment. With support from the staff, they scale low-level equipment and attempt to take their first steps. Toddlers show good levels of concentration and perseverance. For example, they turn wooden shapes to fit them into a shape sorter. Pre-school children demonstrate good small physical skills as they make meaningful marks using pens. In addition, they confidently use tools, such as ink stampers and scissors. All children, including those who are funded or have special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress.
All children build strong attachments to their key person. This is because staff implement individualised settle in sessions and take time to get to know children and their families. Babies look for staff as they move about the room. Toddlers, fondly embrace staff and enjoy sitting with them to read a book. Older children are confident and self-assured. Staff help children to understand the rules and boundaries for the nursery. They consistently use age-appropriate explanations for any unwanted behaviours. As a result, children behave well and are kind and considerate.
Partnerships with parents and other agencies are a strength at this nursery. Staff act quickly to ensure those children who need extra help get the right level of support they need. The special educational needs coordinator diligently works with staff and parents to ensure targeted learning plans are put into place. Staff share children's next steps with parents, which helps to continue children's learning at home. As a result, any emerging gaps in children's learning quickly close.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - develop the intended curriculum to take better account of the unique ways in which young children prefer to learn, and shape activities accordingly so children remain highly engaged and focused n strengthen current arrangements for staff coaching and supervision to help staff raise the quality of staffs' educational practice to a consistently high level across the team.
- 7 July 2023Good
- 27 March 2018Good
- 12 September 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kingfisher Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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
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