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Winton Children's Centre

Ofsted: Requires improvement
(Sept 2025)
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4.7(3 parent reviews) ·Brindley Street, Eccles, Manchester, M30 8AB · Salford
Number of places
60 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2025
Local authority
Salford

About this day nursery

Winton Children's Centre, established in the 1980s, is a nurturing nursery located in Manchester. It prides itself on cultivating a stimulating and joyful atmosphere for children, having significantly contributed to families across Salford for many years.

The facility boasts three dedicated nursery rooms, including a specialised unit for infants aged birth to 2 years, alongside two spacious open-plan areas. Complementing its indoor provisions, Winton Children's Centre features extensive outdoor spaces, including a substantial garden, and a distinctive breakout room designed to offer a calming and soothing environment for children.

What it's like

Leaders have made improvements since the last inspection, successfully addressing safety concerns. However, the quality of education remains variable, with activities not consistently planned to support children's ages and stages of development, hindering consistent progress. Leaders have worked to increase the use of permanent staff, providing more consistency to children and families.

Established since the 1980sThree dedicated nursery roomsLarge outdoor spacesCalming breakout room

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured by age bands for children aged 0-2 years, 2-3 years, and over 3 years, with rates decreasing as children get older. Parents can choose between weekly full-time enrolment, full-day sessions, or half-day sessions.

Funding accepted

30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • Full time rates cover Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm.
  • Full day sessions run from 8am to 6pm.
  • Half day sessions are available as either morning (8am to 1pm) or afternoon (1pm to 6pm) slots.

Key facts

Opening hours

8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks a year

Established

2005

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Winton Children's Centre

Last inspected 22 September 2025

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement

What it's like to attend

Leaders have made improvements since the last inspection, successfully addressing safety concerns. However, the quality of education remains variable, with activities not consistently planned to support children's ages and stages of development, hindering consistent progress. Leaders have worked to increase the use of permanent staff, providing more consistency to children and families.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders have ensured all staff have up-to-date safeguarding training and regularly monitor their knowledge.
  • Leaders have worked closely with agencies, such as the local authority's early years quality assurance team, to plan a curriculum.
  • Where staff have a more secure knowledge, they plan for children's learning well.
  • Staff plan a daily routine to offer children consistency.
  • The nursery works closely with outside professionals to support the development of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen staff's knowledge of child development, to support the implementation of a sequenced curriculum that supports children's current ages and stages of development in all areas of learning
  • 2organise all parts of the daily routine, to help children to anticipate what might happen next in their day and so they understand what is expected of them
  • 3increase staff's awareness of times where hygiene practice is not effective, to support swift responses, so that children learn good hygiene habits
  • 4improve opportunities for supporting improvements in staff's teaching, to help raise the quality of their interactions with children throughout the setting.
Inspection #10410956 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents and carers comment on the positive relationships they and their children have with staff.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The nursery works closely with outside professionals to support the development of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. For example, they work on targets set by speech and language therapists. This increases children's ability to speak and to communicate using signs. The strong partnerships that staff develop with other agencies support children to get timely support where gaps in their development are identified.

Outdoor space

The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors.

Parent Reviews of Winton Children's Centre

4.7
(3)
Theresa hopkinson
8 years ago

A fantastic nursery, with staff that are friendly and helpful. It's obvious from the time you walk in that they're well trained to work with children. It's not a surprise it's been ranked outstanding by ofsted.

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Marta Chrz
8 years ago

Brilliant nursery with caring staff that treat children as individuals.

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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Requires improvement in 2025

Date: December 2010

  • September 2025Requires improvement
  • June 2025Inadequate
  • September 2022Good
  • January 2017Outstanding
  • August 2013Good
  • December 2010Outstanding

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