The Manor Preschool Nursery
GoodBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Carlisle for children from birth to 5, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 2016, with 26 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 Cumberland
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cumberland 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
CA2 6JPWhat 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, 29 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The ethos of this nursery places children's safety, care and learning at the centre.
The close partnerships established with parents, as well as the effective key-person system, mean that children's needs are well known and understood. This, in turn, creates trusting relationships between children and staff that help children to feel safe and secure. On arrival, children bound into nursery, confidently leaving their parents and carers at the door. Staff promote friendships well as they encourage children to play collaboratively with one another. When children do have minor disagreements, staff react swiftly and calmly, using consistent strategies that help to reinforce the nursery rules and curriculum intentions.
The manager's well-defined curriculum intent values the differing needs and diversity of the children and their families. This is clearly understood by staff who are advocates for all children becoming effective learners. Staff are ambitious for children's achievements. They use their secure knowledge of children, and the skills and knowledge they need to learn next, to inform their plans to support children's development. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), progress well in their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- sharpen the focus for performance management of staff to provide more indepth evaluations of practice that better inform plans for improvements n build on the current programme of professional development, to promote practice and subject knowledge of staff that continually builds and improves.
- 29 April 2024Good
- 2 May 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Manor Preschool 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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