Thrive Prestwich Village
Good★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Manchester for children from birth to 5, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 August 2024. Open since 2008, with 92 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 Bury
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bury 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
M25 1QPWhat 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.
- 8 July 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 26 February 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 22 January 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 20 December 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 5 October 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 12 August 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are confident, curious and creative at this welcoming and homely nursery.
Staff skilfully link the intent of the curriculum to follow children's interests. For example, they encourage children to go on bug hunts, where children confidently take the lead and explore with magnifying glasses. They squeal with excitement when they find spiders and woodlice. Children show maturity as they confidently handle the insects they find. This helps children learn the importance of the world around them and embeds the culture of care and consideration that runs through the nursery. The nursery places a significant focus on helping children to learn the language of emotion. This helps children feel safe and equipped with the strategies they need to express how they feel. For example, children find a quiet space to calm themselves if feeling frustrated.
The curriculum supports children to confidently develop their physical skills. Staff provide babies with lots of encouragement, care and attention to help them learn to crawl and stand. Pre-school children show their coordination and agility as they navigate obstacle courses and hold a pencil in the correct writing grasp. The curriculum is also designed to help children develop their mathematical skills. For example, babies and toddlers take part in activities to help learn numbers and shapes through songs. Pre-school children are encouraged to apply more challenging mathematical concepts, such as more and less, during counting activities. All children are supported to make good progress.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance supervision arrangements so all staff receive more focused and highly effective professional development, to improve the quality of practice.
- 12 August 2024Good
- 27 February 2024Needs improvement
- 7 May 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Thrive Prestwich Village
- 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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