Train Station Day Nursery
Good★ 4.3 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 July 2024. Open since 2023, with 166 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
M26 1WSWhat 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, 23 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff have created a calm and inviting learning environment for children. They greet children as they arrive each morning and embrace them with cuddles.
Children are happy and have a strong sense of belonging. Staff are good role models. They provide children with clear expectations for their behaviour. Children know what is expected of them. They behave well and show kindness towards others. Staff know children and their families incredibly well. They use what they already know about children to provide them with an ambitious curriculum. Staff support parents and carers to continue their children's learning at home. This helps to promote children's positive attitudes towards their learning. Staff encourage children to develop their own self-care skills. For example, they show them how to tidy toys away and how to take care of their personal belongings. Children develop good skills in readiness for their eventual move on to school.
Staff promote children's large-muscle skills well. They encourage children to develop their upper body strength while using play equipment. Children relish taking part in an assault course and ring games. Staff have created a magical 'toy town' where children's imaginations come to life. Babies giggle with delight while playing with soft-play equipment. Older children step into a 'secret garden' to read books with their friends. Staff sit with children in cosy areas and talk to them about how they can manage their own feelings and emotions. Children confidently talk about what makes them happy. For example, they said that playing with their friends makes them smile.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to better understand what leaders intend children to learn n refine the arrangements for staff's supervision, to help to improve their subject knowledge.
- 23 July 2024Good
Still missing for Train Station Day 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.
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