The Manor Nursery School
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Blackpool for children from birth to 8+, open 08:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2023. Open since 2015, with 100 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 Blackpool
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Blackpool 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
FY4 4UZWhat 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, 5 December 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff warmly greet children and parents at the door on arrival and welcome them into the nursery. Staff are genuinely interested in children and their families. As a result, all children, including those who are very new to the nursery, arrive happy and ready to learn.
Leaders have created an ambitious curriculum for all children. This is based on their excellent knowledge of children's current skills and takes account of what they want children to learn next. Indoors, staff provide children with additional resources that help spark their imagination and extend their own ideas. Children are making good progress and demonstrate an eagerness to explore and learn more.
Staff have very high expectations for children's behaviour. They provide constant reminders about the nursery's rules and boundaries. Additionally, they give children clear explanations about how their actions may affect others. As a result, all children display high levels of self-confidence and self-esteem and behave impeccably well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to implement the intended curriculum outdoors, to ensure that children have consistent opportunities to extend their play and learning n strengthen current arrangements for the monitoring of staff's practice, so staff receive even more incisive feedback and improve their educational practice even further.
- 5 December 2023Good
- 4 February 2019Good
- 22 July 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Manor Nursery 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.
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