Wendy's Private Nursery & Pre-School Group
Good★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Heywood for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 November 2022. Open since 2000, with 71 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 Rochdale
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Rochdale 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
OL10 4NHWhat 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 March 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 11 April 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 11 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are content in the setting and happy to play alongside others. For example, they laugh as they play hide and seek with their friends and the staff.
Children demonstrate good behaviour and are well cared for by staff who are warm and welcoming. Children are developing their independence and take pleasure in completing tasks for themselves. For example, young children feed themselves and older children pour their own drinks. Children enjoy using their imagination and engaging in role play. For example, they dress up as nurses and doctors and help to make each other better.
Children demonstrate positive attitudes to learning. For instance, they experiment with pressing gems into dough, observing what will happen. Children learn new things as they are supported by staff who have high expectations of them. For example, toddlers work out that water will spray out of the bottle if they press the trigger. Children make good progress in their learning and development as they participate in the range of experiences on offer, indoors and outdoors. Children are developing their love of books as they read stories and use books on a daily basis.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to consider the importance of celebrating children's backgrounds and cultures in order to help children reflect on their differences and understand what makes them unique n focus more precisely on the ongoing support for staff to help raise their practice to an even higher level.
- 11 November 2022Good
- 11 January 2017Good
- 12 January 2016Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Wendy's Private Nursery & Pre-School Group
- 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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