The Bridge Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bury for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2022. Open since 2001, with 49 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 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
BL9 9TQWhat 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, 25 February 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The manager's vision of ensuring 'children get the best education and start to life'
is what makes this nursery so special. The atmosphere buzzes with children's excitement and their laughter fills the air. At the heart of the nursery's success is the support in place for children's personal, social and emotional development. All children are confident, resilient and independent individuals. They form close bonds with staff and develop secure friendships with their peers. They are happy, content and safe. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, parents do not enter the nursery as they usually would. Children wave their parents off at the front door and embrace staff with cuddles.
Children show positive attitudes towards their learning and behave well. Pre-school children enact roles of dentists and talk about the importance of brushing their teeth. Toddlers giggle with delight while building sand castles and show fascination while looking at books. Babies enjoy exploring sensory toys and beam with delight while staff sing nursery rhymes to them. Staff support children's physical skills well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to better understand the curriculum intent, in order to provide children with greater levels of challenge in their learning n provide staff with even more support during supervision sessions, in order to raise their practice to a higher level n strengthen children's communication and language development, by supporting staff to consistently use the correct vocabulary to children.
- 25 February 2022Good
- 4 August 2021Inadequate
- 8 March 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Bridge Day Nursery
- 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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