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1st Safari - Genesis (Rochdale)

Ofsted: Good
(May 2023)
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3.8(6 parent reviews) ·142 Manchester Road, Rochdale, OL11 4HA · Rochdale
Number of places
87 places
Age range
1–5 yrs
Last inspected
May 2023
Local authority
Rochdale

About this day nursery

1st Safari Day Nurseries offers a vibrant and nurturing environment for children across Yorkshire and Greater Manchester, encouraging curious minds through play, exploration, and discovery. With 20 years of experience as a family-run business, directors Nick and Anthea Porter are dedicated to providing excellent early years care, treating every child as their own.

The nursery group prides itself on consistently achieving 'Good' Ofsted ratings across all its seven locations, upholding exceptional standards in education and care. A unique safari-themed learning environment fosters exploration and development through engaging play experiences.

Parents receive daily contact sheets detailing their child's meals, activities, and development, creating lasting memories. The nurseries accept various government funding schemes, clearly outlining eligibility and application processes on their website, and notably, they never charge additional fees for funded hours, with meals and activities always included.

They provide a paperless digital funding agreement process for convenience, and their team is readily available to assist families with funding queries.

What it's like

Children are happy in this welcoming nursery. They arrive with smiles on their faces, ready to learn as they play. Children make good progress in all areas of learning.

Family-runSafari-themed learningGood Ofsted ratingsAll-inclusive funded hours

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday between 8am and 6pm

Age range

3 months to 5+ years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for 1st Safari - Genesis (Rochdale)

Last inspected 31 May 2023 · Richard Sutcliffe

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children are happy in this welcoming nursery. They arrive with smiles on their faces, ready to learn as they play. Children make good progress in all areas of learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are happy in this welcoming nursery.
  • Children and staff celebrate their own cultural heritage and that of their friends.
  • Children take responsibility for the care of herbs and the nursery's pet guinea pigs.
  • Children develop impressive physical skills.
  • The nursery manager has a precise understanding of what they want children to learn and why.

Areas to develop

  • 1help all staff to consistently understand and implement robust ways to support children's communication and language development.
Inspection #10264967 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

recognises children's uniqueness, meaning they always come home happy

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provisionPositive

For children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, or for children on the pathway to diagnosis, skilled support is sought from the outset. The nursery works closely with partner agencies and parents to provide targeted support in and out of the setting. Staff working directly with these children receive the training and development needed to help them progress.

Outdoor space

From a young age, children develop impressive physical skills. They learn to balance on and manoeuvre wheeled toys, and to clamber up challenging climbing frames.

Parent Reviews of 1st Safari - Genesis (Rochdale)

3.8
(6)
Joanne Whitehead
5 months ago

Been meaning to post this for months my Grandson Kaylen started in January absolutely loves coming to nursery he's such a happy boy since starting here staff are all so lovely and genuinely warm caring people ...... since the new manager Trish took over the cleanliness of the outside has improved immensely iv seen all the staff trying to make the outside look much better so I'm definitely recommending this lovely little nursery with 5 🌟 a new manager started in the last few weeks we will not be letting my Grandson go here anymore after saying my grandsons penus was bruised and swollen wich I thought was a but strange saying thud so my daughter took him gp told the doctor the doctor said that's a strange thing yo say now this nursery are also accusing us of not knowing where bruises have come from wich I'd absolutely untrue because we have even signed accident forms in bad management

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Robina Shaheen
6 years ago

Absolutely amazing place, both children are very happy there, the staff take personal and professional responsibilities to make sure the children are comfortable in the school. My elder has built a lot of confidence after a very bad experience elsewhere and is very happy and confident within himself and with his teachers. My younger one took a while to settle in but is building his confidence step by step. The best part is that all the teachers and managers know my children's names, they may not be direct key workers to them or even in the same class but they know them. It really builds a trust that they take personal interest and really care for them. Would definitely recommend.

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Gem Waterworth
4 years ago

The manager needs to learn how to be professional and polite towards parents, very rude and abrupt

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Shazia
2 weeks ago

Absolutely disgusting and untidy and vines all over the pavement that's really concerning looks like a prison more than a nursery so dull and dangerous anyone can trip over the vines on the pavement. Parents need to report this to the manager and get this sorted and the fences need painting and the nursery should be clean and colourful this is very disturbing I did ring about this to them and they did nothing very disappointing.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

31 May 2023

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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About the setting

1st Safari - Genesis (Rochdale) registered in December 2020. The nursery is located in Rochdale. It operates all year round from Monday to Friday between 8am and 6pm, except for bank holidays. There are eight members of childcare staff employed. There are two members of staff who hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 6, four hold qualifications at level 3 and two hold qualifications at level 2. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and fouryear-old children.

URN
2579249
Registered person
1st Safari Day Nurseries Limited
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises

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