The Cottage Nursery

1 Clarendon Road, Eccles, Manchester M30 9AL
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The Cottage Nursery is a bright, vibrant and exciting setting with highly qualified, professional and dedicated staff. Carers are passionate about high quality childcare and outstanding early education which is delivered daily in a creative and stimulating way across all ages. All rooms are exceptionally well resourced to enable all seven areas of the EYFS to be delivered, and they have all recently been refurbished to make a modern, calm and welcoming environment. The team offer extra-curricular activities in all groups to enrich the children's experience such as Baby Sign, Music & Drama Club and French Club. There are also Gym and Dance Clubs which are led by fantastic external professionals. The nursery directly feeds into an 'Outstanding' ISI rated Preparatory School and the older children benefit from this through exciting trips, sports days and productions. Every child and their family are highly valued and made to feel welcome from their very first visit.

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Care Provided by The Cottage Nursery

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Privately Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care

Good to Know

  • Owner
  • Clarendon Cottage School Ltd
  • Person in charge
  • Louise Wakefield (Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 23
  • Total Places for Children
  • 80
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 0 months
    • to 4 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas

The Cottage Nursery Reviews (142)

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The Cottage Nursery has a Review Score of 10 (9.976) out of 10, based on 28 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time The Cottage Nursery has 142 reviews.

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Review from Claire Mc (Mother of Child) published on 20 September 2016
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My son has just had his final day at the nursery and I was so upset. He has such a bond with all the staff and they have been absolutely fantastic with him! In the last six months, he has come on leaps and bounds, he came out of his shell and his speech and communication has developed amazingly. I cannot
praise the nursery and staff enough my youngest son still attends the nursery and I'm sure he will develop just as well. Thank you for all you have done x

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Review from Claire P (Mother of Child) published on 5 November 2015
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My Son attended The Cottage Nursery for over 3 years & I can honestly say the staff here are fantastic!
My little boy has additional needs & has a diagnosis of Autism he is also non verbal so needed a lot of extra help & guidance but the care & support from all staff looking after him was second to
none, his key workers over the years went above & beyond in understanding his needs. They adapted the room to make it safer for him, used signs & symbols to help communicate better with him. I cannot fault all the time, care, understanding & patience my son was shown. He thoroughly enjoyed his time here & made some special bonds with the staff I genuinely cannot thank this Nursery enough for all their help!

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Current Review Score: 10.0 (9.976)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 10 (9.976) out of 10 for The Cottage Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 28 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 28 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.976 for The Cottage Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (328 Excellents x 5) + (8 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 336 Ratings = 4.976

  • b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5').

    The 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for The Cottage Nursery is based on 28 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4

    • ii) 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 80 number of registered child places is 16, which has been reached with 28 Positive reviews. Points = 1

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Awards / Recognitions (3)

Top 20 Nurseries North West England 2024

Recipient: The Cottage Nursery

Date: Thursday 28 Mar 2024 More details

Top 20 Nurseries North West England 2023

Recipient: The Cottage Nursery

Date: Friday 28 Apr 2023 More details

Top 20 Nurseries North West England 2022

Recipient: The Cottage Nursery

Date: Friday 29 Apr 2022 More details

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Meet the Team (4)

Louise

Louise Wakefield

Job Title: Nursery Manager & Company Director

Joined: 2000

I have been with the company a very long time and during that time I have worked within all the age ranges including working at the prep school.


I love my role and love to see the progression of children. When in the room with the children I enjoy cooking activities. I also enjoy being able to support my staff to progress.


Tara

Tara Reddock

Job Title: Assistant Manager & Nursery SENCO

Joined: 2013

I enjoy working at the Cottage Nursery because supporting the children to develop is a very rewarding job.


I enjoy reading with the children to help support and develop their literacy and communication and language skills.


Ashley

Ashley Barnes

Job Title: Deputy Manager

Joined: 2010

I enjoy working at the Cottage Nursery because it is a well run nursery that values each child as an individual and the nursery staff are motivated to support the children and their development.


I enjoy reading with the children to support and extend their literacy and communication and language knowledge.


Sarah

Sarah Platt

Job Title: Badgers Group Leader

Joined: 2005

I enjoy working for the Cottage Nursery as I love caring for the children in such a warm and friendly environment.


My favourite activities are messy and outdoor play as it gives the children the opportunity to be creative and explore the world around them.


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