The Stables Day Nursery Swinton Ltd
Good★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Manchester for children from birth to 8+, open 07:15 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 June 2023. Open since 2012, with 53 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
M27 9PWWhat 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.
- 10 June 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 13 January 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 7 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enter the nursery happily and ready to engage in learning. They display good levels of confidence and self-esteem. Encouraged and supported well by the staff, children behave well and develop good self-care skills and independence.
Since the last inspection, the leadership and management team has designed a well-sequenced curriculum. It helps children to build on what they already know and can do and make good progress. In addition to other experiences, staff purposefully provide children in each age group with daily access to dough, sand, water, outdoor space, books and songs. Staff carefully plan these experiences to help each child to build on their skills and what they learned previously. For example, babies enjoy the sensory feel of dough, toddlers experiment with flour and water to make dough and older children make pizzas from dough. Children enjoy a wide range of sensory play. For example, babies experience the feel of lime and lemon slices in water. Older babies scoop rice crispies into bowls with spoons.
Children are well prepared with essential skills to move up from the baby room, through each age group in the nursery and on to school. Staff work closely with parents to actively seek early help for children when needed. This enables children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who receive funding, to make good progress.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the link between observation of practice and the support, coaching and training provided to improve staff's skills to the highest level n exchange information even more effectively with parents to support continuity in children's learning.
- 7 June 2023Good
- 12 December 2022Inadequate
- 12 December 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Stables Day Nursery Swinton 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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