Mulberry Bush Nursery Tottington
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bury for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 8am to 6pm. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in August 2022. Open since 2010, with 98 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
All three and four-year-old children are entitled to claim 15 funded hours per week for 38 weeks of the year, amounting to 570 hours per year. In addition, children of working families aged nine months upwards are entitled to 30 funded hours per week for 38 weeks of the year.
Worth knowing. During funded weeks at Mulberry Bush, if children are entitled to 15 funded hours per week, they will access 12 funded hours per week, 6 per day, based on a minimum attendance of two days per week. If children are entitled to 30 funded hours per week, they will access 24 funded hours per week, 8 per day, based on a minimum attendance of three days per week. We do not charge any extra for meals, drink or snacks, or for the consumable items which we provide as part of our service, including nappie.
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
BL8 3NJWhat 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, 10 August 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in the exceptional learning environment. They are highly motivated to join in with the wide range of experiences and opportunities. Children explore using all of their senses. Young children take off their shoes and socks and giggle as they feel the sand between their toes. They watch with fascination as staff sprinkle sand onto their feet. Older children make 'mud pies' outside. They follow the recipe and add the ingredients. They stir up the mixture and proudly present staff with 'lunch'. Children show high levels of engagement and motivation.
Children form remarkably strong attachments with the professional staff at this inclusive nursery. They are consulted before staff complete personal care tasks and relax as staff use the opportunity to sing calmly to them. Children vote for their favourite stories and choose which peppers they would like for snack time after tasting a selection. Children feel safe, secure and valued.
Children behave exceptionally well. They have been involved with creating the expectations and repeat these for visitors. Children independently sweep up sand as it falls from the tray. They use impeccable manners and can be heard saying
- 10 August 2022Outstanding
- 6 January 2016Outstanding
- 4 August 2011Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Mulberry Bush Nursery Tottington
- What it costs
- 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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