The Manor House Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Sheffield 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 December 2022. Open since 2008, with 70 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Nursery Grant entitlement is for children aged three to five years, and children become eligible for the funding, from the beginning of the term following their third birthday. Nursery grant entitlement for 3 and 4 years old can be for up to 38 weeks of the year or for those who are claiming the 30 hour funding over a 22 hours stretched period can be for 50 weeks.
Worth knowing. Children who claim Nursery Grant entitlement, are required to take all holidays during the non-grant weeks. If parents decide to take holidays when Nursery Grant is being claimed, or your child does not attend when they should, you will be charged for their 'top up' hours and breaks during full days sessions.
What childcare usually costs in Derbyshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Derbyshire 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
S21 4BHWhat 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, 9 December 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settle quickly when they arrive at nursery. They independently remove their shoes and are warmly greeted by staff. Children say goodbye to their parents and are keen to explore the environment. Children have affectionate relationships with staff. They form close attachments with their key person. For instance, new children snuggle up on a member of staff's lap as they sing songs at group time. This supports children to feel secure and safe. Children are physically active indoors and outdoors. For example, they explore the large icy garden and work as a team to collect and count frozen sticks. Older children demonstrate high levels of resilience and teamwork when they experiment with different tools to discover which will break ice. They are proud of themselves and their friends when they discover a toy inside the ice.
The youngest children explore the environment with confidence. They develop their social and speaking skills when they babble and giggle happily having back-andforth interactions with staff. Children are creative when they play with musical instruments and bang on a drum. They are supported to develop their self-care skills. Babies are encouraged to begin feeding themselves. Older children serve themselves with food at meal and snack time.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to build further on children's assessment to help fully identify gaps in their learning more precisely n strengthen staff's use of consistent messages to children about behaviour expectations in daily routines.
- 9 December 2022Good
- 22 December 2016Good
- 18 June 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Manor House Nursery
- 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.
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