Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 7.45am until 6pm
The Bridge Day Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Feb 2022)
Number of places
49 places
Age range
1–5 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2022
Local authority
Bury
About this day nursery
The Bridge Day Nursery, located in Bury, Manchester, offers high-quality childcare within a nurturing and stimulating environment. Established in 2001, the nursery is set in a spacious building on Blackford Bridge, providing a "home from home" atmosphere for children.
The nursery prides itself on its caring and professional staff who ensure each child feels safe, loved, and happy. It boasts extensive outdoor spaces with views of open fields and farmland, where children can observe animals like cows, sheep, horses, and ducks.
The outdoor facilities include three playgrounds with a rubber tarmac road, a mud kitchen, and a large mark-making area. Additionally, children can explore a mound for climbing, a trim trail, a sandpit, balance beams, and a story house for relaxation.
The nursery is conveniently situated near major transport links to Manchester and Bury, as well as the M66, M60, and M62 motorways, and offers a large onsite customer car park. The curriculum focuses on developing happy, engaged, independent, curious, confident, and resilient children, preparing them for the next stages of life.
What it's like
The nursery buzzes with children's excitement and laughter. Children are confident, resilient and independent, forming close bonds with staff and peers. They are happy, content and safe.
Homely environmentLarge outdoor spacesExperienced staffPlay-based learning
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Term time / All Year
All Year
Food
Meals provided
Established
2001
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for The Bridge Day Nursery
Last inspected 25 February 2022
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
The nursery buzzes with children's excitement and laughter. Children are confident, resilient and independent, forming close bonds with staff and peers. They are happy, content and safe.
Inspector highlights
- Leaders are relentless in their pursuit to bring about change and strive for excellence, making significant improvements since the last inspection.
- Leaders have developed a new and ambitious curriculum, which follows educational research and what they already know about children.
- Staff share their love of reading with children, making storytime a joyous occasion.
- Parental partnerships are strong, with leaders obtaining parental views through questionnaires and acting upon suggestions to improve the nursery.
- Leaders ensure that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and children who speak English as an additional language receive the support that they rightly deserve, enabling them to make good progress.
Areas to develop
- 1help staff to better understand the curriculum intent, in order to provide children with greater levels of challenge in their learning
- 2provide staff with even more support during supervision sessions, in order to raise their practice to a higher level
- 3strengthen children's communication and language development, by supporting staff to consistently use the correct vocabulary to children.
Inspection #10205348 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Leaders ensure that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive the support that they rightly deserve. Intervention plans include the views of parents and external professionals. Children make good progress and they acquire the necessary skills in readiness for school.
Outdoor space
Children enjoy making dens outdoors and excitedly talk about visiting cows at the local field. Staff support children’s physical skills well. Children balance on apparatus with good coordination and enjoy playing ring games.
EAL / language support
Leaders ensure that children who speak English as an additional language receive the support that they rightly deserve. Intervention plans include the views of parents and external professionals. Children make good progress and they acquire the necessary skills in readiness for school.
Parent Reviews of The Bridge Day Nursery
5.0
(3)
Cassey Lee Good
4 years ago
Bridge Day Nursery have been absolutely incredible from day 1. Julie the Manager was so helpful with and questions or queries I have had regard the nursey. The nursery itself is very spacious all throughout. The baby room has everything a baby would need, from sensory to jumperoos. I love that there is a separate sleep room for the children and babies. Katie, Lily and Morgan have been absolutely fantastic with my 7 month old who always leaves Bridge Day happy! They inform me of the day's events at pick up and also log it onto the online portal with photos. I couldn't recommend them enough, they are clearly very passionate about their jobs and it certainly shows in the progress my daughter has made in such a small period of time already!
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carl dawson
5 months ago
Brilliant environment with lovely staff. Couldn’t recommend it enough
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Katie Isherwood
7 years ago
Fantastic nursery. Homely feel and atmosphere. Staff are approachable and friendly.
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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2022
Date: February 2011
- February 2022Good
- August 2021Inadequate
- March 2017Good
- November 2015Good
- August 2013Requires improvement
- February 2011Good
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