The Stables Day Nursery Monton Ltd
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Manchester for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 May 2023. Open since 2015, with 74 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 Salford
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Salford 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
M30 9GJWhat 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, 4 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
There are squeals of joy when children greet their friends at this setting. Babies smile as they hold their arms out to their key person. Managers and staff have prepared an ambitious learning environment, both indoors and out. Babies enjoy close contact with their key person, reaching to touch their face or crawl onto their lap. Furniture is provided to give babies opportunities to pull themselves up to standing. They clap their hands before plopping back down on the floor. Babies progress to use ramps to crawl up and over. Toddlers are delighted to go through tunnels and under bridges. They develop spatial awareness as they move around.
Pre-school children use large blocks to build. They develop their large-muscle skills and hand-eye coordination as they pick up and carefully balance blocks with precision. Children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress.
Children enjoy a healthy diet, and they discuss their snack with staff. They learn about foods that give them energy. Hygiene routines are in place and are followed consistently, and children increasingly manage self-help tasks independently. Preschool children play confidently with their friends. They use lovely manners as they ask friends to share items with them. Staff role model how to share and care.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- focus sharply on what staff are learning in training so the impact of training is felt on the outcomes for children n consider ways to offer new and descriptive words to children to extend their vocabulary.
- 4 May 2023Good
- 12 October 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Stables Day Nursery Monton Ltd
- 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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