Little Petals Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Manchester for babies from 4 months up to school age, open 8am to 6pm. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2021. Open since 2009, with 73 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Government-funded early education hours.
Worth knowing. Families accessing funded hours may therefore see additional charges for consumables or services that fall outside the funded entitlement.
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
M32 8DUWhat 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, 12 November 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and safe. They settle well on arrival, even though parents have to say goodbye to them at the entrance. This is due to the adaptions made to keep everyone safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Caring staff tenderly greet children with a hug and a smile. Children enter with eagerness, ready to play and explore.
Children thoroughly enjoy themselves in this vibrant but homely setting. Leaders have adopted an ethos and curriculum that strives to help all children to be well prepared for future learning. Children benefit from rich opportunities and stimulating learning experiences. Pre-school children show brilliant mathematical awareness. For example, they carefully count the spots and identify the correct number on large floor dice. They consider which shape and different sized piece can be used to successfully complete a puzzle. Two-year-old children display good physical skills. They competently use both hands to pump water out of spray bottles and make marks. Babies figure out how to work switches, press locks, push buttons, and operate plenty of cause-and-effect resources. All children build excellent critical thinking skills, perseverance and agility.
Children make good progress. They have fun during activities, which staff plan to interest and motivate children to learn. Staff are kind and considerate role models who have high expectations for children's behaviour. Children are praised and rewarded for their achievements. This means they feel good about themselves and have high self-esteem and confidence.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide more targeted support to staff in the baby room help them to improve the implementation of the curriculum n strengthen hygiene practices in the baby room n help all parents to be able to contribute towards children's learning at home.
- 12 November 2021Good
- 14 March 2019Good
- 11 October 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Petals Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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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