Partou Little Acorns Day Nursery & Pre-School
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Manchester for children from birth to 8+, open 07:15 to 18:15, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2023. Open since 2006, with 75 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Wigan
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Wigan 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
M46 9HGWhat 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, 11 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and prosper at this homely nursery. They look forward to coming and chatter excitedly about what games and resources they are going to play with. They are keen to spend time with their many friends. Children enjoy their learning and benefit from the ambitious curriculum that leaders have designed. They develop important knowledge because of staff's purposeful teaching. Children become curious and able thinkers. They learn through the wellorganised learning activities to have a go at tricky tasks with patience and endurance.
Children profit from the well-considered, wider learning opportunities that staff provide. For example, staff take children to swimming lessons and on regular outings to explore nature.
Children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- encourage staff to effectively prepare children for transitions within the daily routine so children know what is expected of them.
- 11 July 2023Good
- 19 March 2018Good
- 26 July 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Partou Little Acorns Day Nursery & Pre-School
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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