Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 6.30pm
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Altrincham, owned by Laura and Nicola, is committed to providing a nurturing environment where children can play, learn, and grow. The nursery offers dedicated rooms for babies, teenies, toddlers, and preschoolers, ensuring age-appropriate care and activities.
Their curriculum is tailored to individual interests and guided by the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), fostering a rich learning experience through creative, outdoor, and community-linked activities. The nursery prides itself on its highly trained and caring team, and its flexible approach to schedules and funding options, aiming to support working families.
Meals are thoughtfully prepared following early years guidelines by a nutritionist. With over 47 years of experience as part of an award-winning nursery group, Monkey Puzzle Altrincham emphasises creating a safe and engaging space for every child to thrive.
Our ethos
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Altrincham is committed to providing a nurturing environment where children can play, learn, and grow, guided by the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). They foster a rich learning experience through creative, outdoor, and community-linked activities tailored to individual interests. Their philosophy prioritises a safe and engaging space for every child to thrive.
What it's like
Staff get to know children very well and form strong bonds with them, offering personalised settling-in sessions for new babies and plenty of cuddles and reassurance. Promoting children's happiness and emotional well-being is a real strength at the nursery. Children have a good understanding of what is expected of them and remind each other of key rules.
Funding accepted
This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.
Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 6.30pm
Term time / All Year
All Year
Last inspected 30 April 2025
What it's like to attend
Staff get to know children very well and form strong bonds with them, offering personalised settling-in sessions for new babies and plenty of cuddles and reassurance. Promoting children's happiness and emotional well-being is a real strength at the nursery. Children have a good understanding of what is expected of them and remind each other of key rules.
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Inclusion & environment
Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is well embedded. Robust procedures for assessing children means that gaps in learning are identified swiftly. Leaders are pro-active in their approach to early intervention and implement additional screening tools to help them. Timely referrals to outside agencies are made and staff implement targeted support for children while they wait for outside input. This helps children with SEND to make good progress from their individual starting points.
At times, staff in the pre-school room prepare children for outdoor play next to children who are having a quiet story. The noise level is high, which is distracting and hinders children's learning experience.
We couldn’t be happier with our experience at Monkey Puzzle Nursery. From the very beginning, the staff made us feel welcome, and it was clear that our daughters were in safe and caring hands. The environment is warm, nurturing, and full of engaging activities that support learning and development in a fun, creative way. The team is not only professional and well-trained but also genuinely kind and attentive. They really get to know each child individually, and we’ve seen how much our girls have grown in confidence and independence since joining. Their communication is excellent—we’re always kept updated with daily reports, photos, and milestones. It’s such a relief as a parent to know that your children are happy, well cared for, and actually excited to go to nursery every day. We’re so grateful to have found Monkey Puzzle and couldn’t recommend it more highly to other families!
Read on GoogleMonkey Puzzle is a lovely nursery. My daughter is 11 months old now and she enjoys coming every day. She is always happy to see her key worker Tracey & the rest of the staff members and gives them loads of smiles & cuddles. We joined back in March and she settled there very quickly. It is a really feel at home environment and the staff & management are very friendly and dedicated. They also encourage health eating which is a big plus! The nursery also uses an app where they upload my daughter's pictures & video from their activities, as well as her progress and daily routine. This is brilliant and gives me a piece of mind. Monkey Puzzle also has a great location near Alty station/ high street with easy drop off and pick up area by car - big bonus too. Thank you to ALL the staff & management – especially Nicola, Laura, Tracey, Sarah, Alicia & Louise - for their support. I would definitely recommend this nursery to other parents.
Read on GoogleGreat nursery, the staff are really friendly, they are fantastic with our son, there is always a huge variety of activities to keep him entertained. He has developed a huge amount since going there. We're very happy with Monkey Puzzle.
Read on GoogleBoth Laura and Nicola provided my son the best early years care. They provided a fun and engaging setting in which he thrived. They are very focused on the children and through positive praise and encouragement he felt safe and confident. I could not think of a better pair to run their own nursery. The number of reviews from parents whos children they taught over the past 11 years is a testiment to them and the absolute faith and trust we all have in them. I wish the nursery was closer for my daughter to go to!
Read on GoogleOur little one has only been attending for a few months but the whole team, especially those in the baby room have made his transition seamless. They absolute adore our baby and we couldn’t hope for any more. I love the daily updates on the app. Would hugely recommend!
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Date: June 2022
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Altrincham registered in 2017 and is situated in Trafford. The nursery operates Monday to Friday, 51 weeks of the year. The nursery employs 18 members of childcare staff, with 12 holding early years qualifications at level 3 and above. The nursery offers government-funded places for childcare.
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