The Goslings
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Winterley for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 2002, with 20 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We can accept 2, 3 and 4 year old funding, for those who are eligible.
Worth knowing. We charge a voluntary supplement of £1.00 per 3 hour session.
What childcare usually costs in Cheshire East
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cheshire East 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
CW11 4RPWhat 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.
- 19 May 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 11 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The manager, pre-school committee and staff have worked tirelessly to drive improvements over recent months. They have identified a detailed action plan and made a number of changes to address actions raised at the last inspection. Staff have strengthened the curriculum and introduced improved systems for planning and assessment. Staff now capture children's interests and meet learning needs through targeted teaching. A focus on staff training has led to improved confidence among the staff team, particularly relating to managing children's behaviour. The team has pulled together and worked hard, driven by a common goal to raise standards for children and families. There is now an established culture of improvement and an ethos of teamwork, which together will help to maintain and build on the good standards now in place.
Staff help children to learn and practise healthy habits from an early age. For example, children wash their hands before eating and staff talk to them about the importance of this routine. Children discuss healthy food choices and staff explain the effect food has on the body, stating that 'nutritious food makes us strong'.
Children enjoy being physically active outside. There is plenty of space for children to run, climb and ride bicycles, helping to promote their good physical health.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop the curriculum further to enhance children's understanding of the wider community, including more opportunities for children to learn about diverse cultures and lifestyles different to their own n support staff to use open-ended questions and give children more opportunities to engage in two-way conversations to extend their communication skills even more.
- 11 September 2024Good
- 27 September 2023Needs improvement
- 17 April 2023Inadequate
- 30 March 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Goslings
- What it costs
- 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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