Food
Meals including breakfast, morning and afternoon snack, lunch and tea are available for an extra charge. Children can bring a packed lunch.
Greenside Day Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2023)
Number of places
54 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2023
Local authority
Tameside
About this day nursery
Precious Little Ones Ltd, established in 2009, operates five nurseries, including Greenside Day Nursery in Droylsden, Manchester. All their facilities are single-storey buildings, offering easy access to excellent outdoor spaces.
The company's philosophy centres on providing a joyful, secure, and stimulating environment to foster social and emotional development through a comprehensive and balanced curriculum. They prioritise parental partnership, offering free settling-in sessions and an effective key worker system to ensure each child receives an exceptional start.
The nurseries cater to children aged 3 months to 5 years and are open year-round. They also highlight their commitment to continuously updating staff knowledge through ongoing training in early years development approaches.
Our ethos
At Precious Little Ones we pride ourselves on our understanding of the things that really matter to parents when it comes to nursery care, and through the utilisation of our many child care policies and procedures, free settling in sessions for your child, an effective key worker system, and a key focus on working in partnership with parents at every step, we aim to ensure that your child receives a start second to none. We aim to provide a happy, secure and stimulating environment where we can nurture social and emotional development and provide a broad and balanced curriculum.
What it's like
Children thrive at this welcoming nursery. The learning environment is designed with the needs of all children in mind, with calm, quiet spaces with sensory toys and individual resources to help children settle and regulate their feelings. Children show good levels of involvement in their play.
Single-storey buildingsExcellent outdoor facilitiesEYFS curriculumParental partnership
Pricing & funding
Fees are payable weekly or monthly in advance. The nursery charges additional voluntary fees to cover extras such as meals, wipes, sun cream, and trips during funded hours, which are billed on a per-session basis.
Funding accepted
15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Good to know
- Fees are payable in advance on the first day of each week or month.
- Payment can be made via Direct Debit, Standing Order, or nursery vouchers.
- Voluntary charges apply to funded hours to cover meals, wipes, sun cream, and trips.
Key facts
Session types
Full day, AM session, PM session, Lunch Club, Breakfast Club, After School Club
Age range
3 months to 5 years
Term time / All Year
Mixed
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Greenside Day Nursery
Last inspected 6 July 2023
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 thrive at this welcoming nursery. The learning environment is designed with the needs of all children in mind, with calm, quiet spaces with sensory toys and individual resources to help children settle and regulate their feelings. Children show good levels of involvement in their play.
Inspector highlights
- Children build a volcano from craft materials and paint it. They take part in experiments to make it 'erupt' with 'lava'.
- Children's personal development is promoted well. Lunchtimes are social occasions where children enjoy healthy and nutritious meals.
- Children learn about the wider world by talking about the different destinations they have travelled to.
- Parents are fully involved in their children's learning.
- The manager has effective systems in place to support the development of the staff and to check on their well-being.
Areas to develop
- 1support staff practice in using teaching strategies that effectively develop children's social and communication skills and meet the needs of all children, including those with SEND.
Inspection #10289018 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
It's not just a job to them; their heart is in it!
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The manager and the special educational needs coordinator go the extra mile to make sure that all children feel included in the setting. Additional funding is spent with integrity to directly support children's learning. Children with additional needs demonstrate that they feel happy, safe and settled. However, strategies for teaching communication skills to children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are limited, so some children with SEND are not provided with the right support to express what they want or need or to aid their understanding.
Outdoor space
Staff provide an ambitious curriculum that makes use of the indoor and outdoor environments. This provides stimulating experiences for children. Older children count accurately and use the language of size as they fill plant pots in the mud kitchen.
Parent Reviews of Greenside Day Nursery
5.0
(2)
Lucy D
5 years ago
James Ley
8 years ago
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Inspection history
Date: December 2015
- July 2023Good
- November 2017Good
- December 2015Good
Frequently asked about Greenside Day Nursery
About the setting
Greenside Day Nursery registered in 2015. The nursery employs 13 members of childcare staff, all holding appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6pm and is closed for bank holidays and for one week at Christmas. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.
- URN
- EY485528
- Registered person
- Precious Little Ones Ltd
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- Previous rating
- Good
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