Olive Garden Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Bolton for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £18.00 a session for preschool, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in September 2023. Open since 2017, with 65 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| Preschool | £18.00Preschool per | |
| Toddlers | £24.00Toddlers per |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.45 a day Hot Dinner per day
- £5.00 Tapestry file (optional)
- £7.50 a day Breakfast Club (8:00am - 8:45am) per day with breakfastincludes breakfast
- £7.50 a day Lunch Club per day
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours, depending on eligibility; 2-year funding expansion from April 2024 - 15 hours for free childcare support.
What childcare usually costs in Bolton
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bolton 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
BL3 3NYWhat 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, 20 September 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are cared for extremely well in the wonderful and nurturing nursery. Staff prioritise children's emotional needs and display a remarkable level of warmth and compassion. The manager and staff are extremely dedicated to providing children with high-quality interactions right from the start. This contributes to children settling in quickly and forming strong and secure attachments.
Children understand the nursery's 'golden rules' exceptionally well. Staff skilfully support this by modelling respectful behaviour and offering opportunities for children to express their own views and choices. Children learn to be patient, take turns and work together. For instance, they know to stand in a line and wait their turn to practise their archery skills. Children's behaviour is remarkable.
Children benefit from an extremely well-thought-out learning environment. They access a wide range of perfectly selected resources that capture their attention.
- 20 September 2023Outstanding
- 17 January 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Olive Garden Nursery
- 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.
- Is £18.00 a session still the rate? 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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