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Hill Top Private Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2025)
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5.0(1 parent reviews) ·Stalyhill Drive, Stalybridge, SK15 2TR · Tameside
Number of places
75 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2025
Local authority
Tameside

About this day nursery

Hill Top Private Day Nursery in Stalybridge offers comprehensive care and education for babies and children up to school entry, operating Monday to Friday, 51 weeks a year, from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm. Situated next to Stalyhill Infant School, the nursery leverages strong ties with the school to facilitate smooth transitions for pre-school children and provides access to the school's outdoor facilities.

The nursery prides itself on its "home from home" environment, fostering a safe space for children to play, explore, and learn. Hill Top embraces an open-door policy, encouraging parents to share their views, chat with staff, or engage in "stay and play" sessions with their children.

The facility has been extended to include two large playrooms, a sensory room, and an ICT suite, allowing children to progress at their own pace based on their individual needs. The nursery emphasises its core values and traditions, focusing on high-quality care and education rather than fleeting educational trends.

Hill Top has received excellent feedback, with an Ofsted report highlighting superb partnerships with parents, inspiring management, and a calm, relaxed environment where children confidently explore their surroundings.

Our ethos

Hill Top Private Day Nursery aims to provide high-quality care and education in a "home from home" environment, enabling children to play, explore, and learn at their own pace. The nursery values strong partnerships with parents and focuses on core traditions rather than fleeting educational trends.

What it's like

Children are happy and demonstrate secure relationships with staff who care for them. Interactions between children and staff are positive and remind children to behave in positive ways. Children enjoy learning about the world around them through a range of activities and are supported to become independent.

Home from home environmentStrong links with Stalyhill Infant SchoolOpen-door policy for parentsSensory room and ICT suite

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am – 6pm Monday to Friday, 51 weeks of the year

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2004

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Hill Top Private Day Nursery

Last inspected 27 June 2025

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 and demonstrate secure relationships with staff who care for them. Interactions between children and staff are positive and remind children to behave in positive ways. Children enjoy learning about the world around them through a range of activities and are supported to become independent.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are learning to be curious and show consideration for the world around them.
  • Children are learning patience and a joy for mark making.
  • Parent partnerships are a key strength within the nursery.
  • Early intervention strategies are put in place quickly, allowing children to access the right support at the right time.
  • Children are developing a strong sense of empathy and an understanding of appropriate behaviour, laying the foundations for positive social relationships.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen the curriculum for outdoors, particularly for babies, to enhance children's learning opportunities
  • 2continue to embed strategies that support communication and language development with the whole staff team.
Inspection #10392528 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff are confident and skilled in recognising when a child may benefit from extra help. When concerns arise, staff promptly involve parents in regular, constructive discussions to ensure a shared understanding and consistent support both at home and in the nursery. As a result, early intervention strategies are put into place quickly, allowing children to access the right support at the right time. This proactive approach helps to close gaps in development and ensures all children are given a good start in their learning journey.

Outdoor space

The curriculum extends well, for some children, to outdoor learning. For example, older children practise their large-muscle movements as they use bikes and learn to understand the world as they enjoy hunting for bugs. However, the curriculum is less well planned and implemented for the youngest children, meaning babies are not always supported to be able to explore, enjoy and learn in the outside space.

Parent Reviews of Hill Top Private Day Nursery

5.0
(1)
Connor Fyfield
a week ago

Gold standard of nurseries. The staff and facilities are flawless. My son loves going to nursery. Couldn't recommend highly enough

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Inspection history

Date: February 2016

  • June 2025Good
  • August 2019Good
  • February 2016Good

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