Ladybird Nursery Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Bury for children from birth to 8+, open 07:15 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2023. Open since 2015, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Completely free childcare available for all 3 and 4 year olds and eligible 2 year olds.
What childcare usually costs in Bury
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bury 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
BL0 9JFWhat 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, 21 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children receive a warm welcome from staff on arrival. They hang their coats on their pegs and are ready to start their day. Children are happy and confident and have developed a true sense of belonging at the nursery. Children show they have secure relationships with each other and the staff. For example, babies and younger children show that staff are important to them as they cuddle them for comfort as needed. Children form good relationships and play well together. For instance, children help their friends to find the toy they are requesting. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress in their learning at this inclusive nursery.
Staff know their key children well. They understand the next steps in each child's learning journey and how to plan to help them achieve these steps. This leads to children making good progress from their individual starting points. The atmosphere in the nursery is a calm and positive one. Staff praise children when they try their best at their chosen activities. This supports children to show good levels of engagement in activities. Children behave very well. Toddlers have daily access to soft-play area, where they are supported to take safe risks as they balance and climb on the equipment. This supports children's can-do attitude.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to enhance group activities to encourage all children to show high levels of involvement and extend their learning n encourage older children to develop their independence skills during all aspects of the day, including routines, such as lunchtime.
- 21 April 2023Good
- 4 August 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ladybird Nursery Ltd
- What it costs
- 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
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.
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