New Amigo's
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Levenshulme for babies from 3 months up to school age, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 2024. Open since 2012, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Free childcare funding for 2, 3 & 4-year-olds. Subject to eligibility.
Worth knowing. Working parents of children aged 9 months and older can now access 15 hours of free childcare under the new government scheme. Combine with the universal 15 hours to access up to 30 hours of childcare when your child turns 3.
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
M19 2RBWhat 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, 3 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are welcomed into the nursery by caring and friendly staff. New children and families benefit from a very gradual admission, including 'taster sessions' prior to starting. These visits help children to become familiar with a new environment and staff, which in turn helps them to feel secure. Children quickly settle in readiness to learn. They are happy and demonstrate emotional security. For instance, older children confidently wave goodbye to their parents on arrival.
Babies affectionately hold hands with friends, learning to play together and enjoying social interactions with others. Children's secure self-esteem and contentment are largely because staff are friendly and foster a nurturing and warm atmosphere for children to flourish.
Staff offer children a good mix of planned and spontaneous play. They invest time and energy in planning and preparing exciting activities. Children enjoy their play and remain continually occupied. Children's curiosity and interest in books are nurtured. There are plenty of books throughout the nursery, easily accessible by children. Older children talked to the visiting inspector about their favourite stories, describing plots and characters in impressive detail. Engagement with literacy helps to extend children's communication and early reading skills. Children are physically active and enjoy energetic play outside. Staff play alongside children, encouraging them to take safe and supervised risks. To illustrate, children climb steps outside with ease and navigate sloping grassed areas with physical confidence. Children show curiosity when they play with jelly. Staff use strong questioning techniques to extend children's communication and language skills. For example, they talk about the textures of the jelly, describing it as 'squishy' and 'soft'. Children become confident communicators, supported by quality teaching in this area. Overall, the programme of learning is varied, fun and ignites children's curiosity and thirst for learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- implement systems to observe and coach staff, providing feedback on their practice, to improve their skills and their impact on outcomes for children n ensure planned activities and teaching are more closely linked to children's next steps to help children make even more progress.
- 3 July 2024Good
- 7 August 2023Needs improvement
- 15 March 2023Inadequate
- 30 August 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for New Amigo's
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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