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Holcombe Brook School Nursery # Holcombe Brook School Nursery Compare Contact Nursery Ofsted: Good (Sept 2021) · Holcombe Brook CP School, Longsight Road, Bury, BL0 9TA · Bury Number of places 26 places Age range 2–4 yrs Last inspected Sept 2021 Local authority Bury About - About - Pricing - Ofsted - Inclusion - FAQ - [About](#about) - [Pricing](#pricing) - [Ofsted](#ofsted) - [Inclusion](#inclusion) - [FAQ](#faq) Email Nursery ## About this day nursery Holcombe Brook School Nursery Ltd, established in 1998, provides childcare for children aged 2 to 4 years. 30pm. Despite being located within school grounds, the nursery maintains a distinctly homely feel, ensuring children feel safe and secure. Staff pride themselves on treating children as their own, fostering warm, supportive, and respectful relationships. Children are extremely happy, highly confident, and thoroughly enjoy their time at the nursery, which received a 'Good' rating in its latest Ofsted inspection on 13 September 2021. The nursery places a strong emphasis on developing literacy skills, with opportunities for mark-making in all areas and bringing traditional tales to life. Staff utilise inspiring outdoor learning areas, including a forest dwelling, to teach children about nature and develop their physical skills, such as learning to keep safe by wearing helmets when riding bicycles. The nursery effectively supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) by focusing teaching to ensure all children make good progress, introducing new information during listening activities. Children are encouraged to share personal belongings, fostering a sense of value and celebrating individuality. Staff ensure children develop excellent social skills, behave impeccably, and follow routines with good manners. The nursery also provides children with new life experiences, such as bus rides, visits to a local care home, supermarket, and Ramsbottom Library, broadening their knowledge of the wider world. Parents are extremely complimentary, noting that staff know the children well and prepare them effectively for school. What it's like Children are extremely happy, highly confident and show that they thoroughly enjoy their time at nursery, which has a distinctly homely feel helping them to feel safe and secure. Staff pride themselves on treating children as their own, and relationships are warm, supportive and respectful. Children play well together, with older children offering support to newer and younger children. Extremely happy children Inspiring outdoor learning Strong literacy foundation Excellent social skills Supportive staff Homely feel ## Pricing & funding Funding accepted 15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs) ### Official Ofsted Report Independent inspection of Holcombe Brook School Nursery Inspection date Sept 2021 Inspection no. 10105390 Safeguarding arrangements are effective [Download full report (PDF)](https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50170359)[View on Ofsted.gov.uk](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/16/316760) Visit or enquire ### Book a show-around Most settings reply within 48 hours. 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[Claim this listing](/claim?nursery=holcombe-brook-school-nursery-ltd-bl0-9ta-316760) ## Key facts Opening hours Monday to Friday, 7.45am until 5.30pm Established 1998 Ofsted Inspection ## Ofsted rating for Holcombe Brook School Nursery Last inspected 13 September 2021 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 extremely happy, highly confident and show that they thoroughly enjoy their time at nursery, which has a distinctly homely feel helping them to feel safe and secure. Staff pride themselves on treating children as their own, and relationships are warm, supportive and respectful. Children play well together, with older children offering support to newer and younger children. Inspector highlights - Children are extremely happy, highly confident and show that they thoroughly enjoy their time at nursery. - Staff help children to develop their literacy skills with opportunities for mark making in all areas, and skilfully bring traditional tales to life. - Staff utilise inspiring outdoor learning areas, including the forest dwelling, to teach children about nature and to help them to develop their physical skills. - Staff are well supported and continually improve through coaching, mentoring, and reflection. - Children behave impeccably, use excellent social skills, and follow rules and routines using good manners. Areas to develop - 1 help staff to improve their understanding of how to deliver a more precisely sequenced curriculum, and build further on what individual children know and can do - 2 strengthen partnership working with parents so that they are fully involved in the evaluation of the setting and their children's learning Inspection #10105390 · Source: Ofsted [View full Ofsted report](https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50170359) ## What parents say Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection > they tell the inspector that staff know the children so well and help to prepare them for school Inclusion & environment ## How they support every child SEND provision In the main, staff focus teaching to help to ensure that all children, including those who need a little more help, make good progress. Staff introduce some new information to children during a listening activity. Outdoor space Staff utilise the inspiring outdoor learning areas, including the forest dwelling, to teach children about nature and to help them to develop their physical skills. Children learn to keep themselves safe, putting on helmets before riding bicycles. Inspection history Date: March 2012 - September 2021 Good - May 2016 Good - March 2012 Good ## Frequently asked about Holcombe Brook School Nursery ### How does Holcombe Brook School Nursery support children with SEND? ### Which funded hours does Holcombe Brook School Nursery accept? ### What is the nursery working on developing? ### What grade did Ofsted give Holcombe Brook School Nursery? ### Where is Holcombe Brook School Nursery located? ## Nearby day nurseries in Bury Other Ofsted-registered day nurseries close to Holcombe Brook School Nursery. - [ Ofsted: Good 0.6 mi ### Greenmount Foundations for Learning Bury · BL8 4HT ](/nursery/greenmount-foundations-for-learning-bl8-4ht-2696278) - [ Ofsted: Good 1.0 mi ### Tower View Nursery with Peelers out of School Club Bury · BL8 4LU ](/nursery/tower-view-nursery-with-peelers-out-of-school-club-bl8-4lu-ey308002) - [ Ofsted: Outstanding 1.0 mi ### Mulberry Bush Nursery Tottington Bury · BL8 3NJ 5.0(8 reviews) ](/nursery/mulberry-bush-nursery-tottington-bl8-3nj-ey415315) - [ Ofsted: Good 1.2 mi ### Ladybird Nursery Bury · BL0 9JF 4.2(5 reviews) ](/nursery/ladybird-nursery-ltd-bl0-9jf-ey493462) - [ Ofsted: Outstanding 1.3 mi ### Little Holcombe Nursery Bury · BL8 1JD ](/nursery/little-holcombe-nursery-bl8-1jd-316753) - [ Ofsted: Good 1.3 mi ### Little Miracles Daycare Bury · BL0 9AY ](/nursery/little-miracles-daycare-bl0-9ay-2834958) [See all nurseries in Bury →](/search?q=Bury) ### Are you the owner of this nursery? 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