Food
Fresh food cooked onsite, 5/5 food hygiene rating.
Little Giggles Audenshaw is a well-established nursery in Tameside, Manchester, and holds the distinction of being the first setting within the Little Giggles Group. Located in a thoughtfully renovated former Guide Lane Methodist Church, the nursery offers a welcoming environment for babies, toddlers and preschool children.
Beyond standard nursery care, it provides breakfast, after-school, and holiday club sessions to support families throughout the year. The nursery is rated 'Good' by Ofsted in all areas, emphasising its commitment to quality childcare.
Little Giggles Audenshaw is proud to be part of Tameside Council's 'SmokeFree Gates' scheme, promoting a healthier environment for children and families. Additionally, the nursery has achieved the prestigious 'Millie’s Mark' award for excellence in paediatric first aid and the Eco-Schools Silver Award for integrating sustainability into its daily practices.
What it's like
Children are warmly welcomed by nurturing staff who know them extremely well, helping them to settle quickly and feel safe and secure. The curriculum is ambitious for all children, building consistently on their existing knowledge and skills. Leaders and staff work closely with families to offer holistic support, ensuring consistency between home and nursery.
This nursery offers both all-year-round and term-time care with options for full days, half days, school days, and weekly bookings. Wraparound care, holiday clubs, and ad-hoc hours are available at hourly or daily rates. Funded sessions are subject to a consumables charge that scales with the session length.
Funding accepted
Good to know
Food
Fresh food cooked onsite, 5/5 food hygiene rating.
Opening hours
Mon-Fri: 7:30 am - 6:00 pm
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2010
Last inspected 15 August 2025
What it's like to attend
Children are warmly welcomed by nurturing staff who know them extremely well, helping them to settle quickly and feel safe and secure. The curriculum is ambitious for all children, building consistently on their existing knowledge and skills. Leaders and staff work closely with families to offer holistic support, ensuring consistency between home and nursery.
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Inclusion & environment
Staff are highly skilled in supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), including those with complex needs. The setting is inclusive, and staff target support from the start, providing high levels of attention to children's unique and varying backgrounds. Children who use alternative communication are supported to express their needs and choices using visual prompts, and staff provide personalised sensory input to help them regulate.
Children build physical skills using mark-making tools on large sheets of paper and roll and throw balls indoors. Leaders purchase a wide range of outdoor resources to encourage balance and core muscle development. However, leaders do not consider how to ensure all children have consistent access to the outdoors in all weather, which does not support children who prefer to learn in the outdoor environment.
Partnerships with parents and carers are a strength. Staff support families well, including those who speak English as an additional language. They involve parents and carers in sharing keywords and cultural traditions. For example, children hear rhymes sung in both English and their home language. Children who speak English as an additional language are supported very well.
Our child started at Little Giggles Nursery in September, and we have been extremely pleased with the care and support he has received. The staff are warm, attentive, and genuinely invested in the children. They know each child as an individual and provide a nurturing, engaging environment. We have particularly appreciated their support in liaising with the community nursing team, assisting with SEN and speech and language input, and guiding us through the appropriate early years pathways to ensure a smooth transition into preschool. We are very grateful for their ongoing support and would highly recommend Little Giggles Nursery to other families.
Read on GoogleAmazing Nursery! My son attended when he was younger and still attends holiday club, comes home telling me how much he's enjoyed himself. My daughter now attends here & loves it along with all the staff. She's come on leaps & bounds in just a few months of being. Highly recommended
Read on GoogleMy daughter is attending Little Giggles preschool this year, and she absolutely loves it! It’s a wonderful Nursery. I love the observation updates that we get via the App. The staff are very friendly and caring! I would like to Thank all of the staff for the great job they doing to keep us as a parents and our children safe. Would definitely recommend it!
Read on GoogleWhere do I start, what a place. My one year old Oliver has been going to little giggles since he was about 5 months old and he absolutely loves it. He has come such a long way for his age and it's all down to the staff at the nursery. Oliver has food allergies and also has medicine, can be a handful and poorly often... not an issue for these guys. We know he's in safe hands. Welcomed by a smiling face every morning. Updated through out every day on the app. And take home a smiling baby every evening. Amy has a great team and I will advise anybody looking for a nursery to give little giggles a look into.
Read on GoogleThe decision as a first time parent to put our son Reggie into nursery was a daunting one. I expect a lot of parents would feel exactly the same. You never think that anyone else will be able to care for your "baby" like you can. Little Giggles was the first nursery on our list and after our visit it was the only one! We immediately felt like this was the perfect nursery for our son. Everyone we encountered, staff and children alike looked content and relaxed and any questions/concerns we had were answered. Little Giggles has been a happy and fun place for our son Reggie. But perhaps more importantly the standard of learning is high. All of the staff have delivered the childcare with equal amounts of professionalism, dedication and care but his keyworker, Laura-Jane Brindley is nothing short of an amazing woman! Reggie has grown to love and respect her and I know that he'll miss her dearly when he leaves preschool tomorrow, it's going to be a sad day. However, i know that We won't have to encounter the same concerns when our next son, Freddie needs childcare as Little Giggles will be our first choice!
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Most recent inspection
15 August 2025
Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.
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