Broadway Private Day Nursery

Four age-based rooms give Broadway Private Day Nursery in Royton, Oldham, a clear progression from baby exploration to preschool play. Bunnikins Room emphasises sensory discovery, while Sunshines Room has a larger play space with opportunities for role play. The practical appeal is that children’s surroundings change as their interests and abilities develop.

At its 31 May 2023 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good overall. The learning observed included planting, singing games and imaginative play, alongside two improvement priorities: clearer vocabulary from staff and more consistent examples of healthy choices.

Broadway has capacity for 74 children, with an accepted age range of 3 to 59 months. Full-day and part-time attendance sit alongside term-time arrangements, giving families more than one way to organise care.

Rooms and Ages

Bunnikins Room caters for babies aged 6 to 15 months, with resources supporting exploration and sensory learning. Rainbows Room serves children from 15 months to 2 years, with play provision supporting communication, movement and social development.

For children aged 2 to 3 years, Sunshines Room provides a larger play room with more play areas, including role play. Busy Bees Room is for children aged 3 to 4 years, with an emphasis on developing their learning and preparing for school.

Across the rooms, topics and activities change through each term. Both Bunnikins Room and Rainbows Room have been refurbished. These are separate stages of nursery life rather than one shared room for every age, a useful distinction for parents considering how their child will move from baby care towards preschool.

Learning and Activities

The EYFS Framework guides each key person’s work across seven areas of learning. In parent language, that means supporting children’s development through their everyday play and experiences.

In May 2023, older children grew vegetables and flowers, and could explain how stones helped water drain from plant pots. Two-year-olds took turns choosing a toy from a box and singing a song linked to it. Babies used pretend phones and acted out feeding adults. The examples span practical discovery, conversation and early imagination.

Story sessions also featured in May 2023, with staff repeating useful words and introducing vocabulary during play. There was a clear limitation: adults sometimes used shortened expressions rather than the proper words children were learning. The improvement priority was precise, with particular relevance for children just beginning to talk.

Outdoor and Community Life

In May 2023, outdoor play included an obstacle course with balancing and steps. Children considered whether they wanted an adult’s help before attempting it, giving them a chance to make decisions as well as practise movement. The activity connected physical play with judging what they could manage themselves.

Relationships and Communication

Each child has a key person supporting their learning and development. This gives parents a defined relationship within the nursery, rather than relying only on contact with whichever adult happens to be present.

In May 2023, staff knew babies’ individual routines and responded promptly after naps, with bottles or snacks prepared and comfort offered as they woke. Familiar adults and attention to those routines were concrete features of the baby care observed then.

Parents were encouraged to contribute to their children’s development in May 2023. More recently, parents’ evenings were scheduled separately for the younger and older rooms in April 2025, providing room-based opportunities to discuss progress. These meetings complement the key person relationship rather than replacing everyday communication.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

At the May 2023 inspection, Ofsted found safeguarding effective and identified private speech and language classes as helping children with communication delays make progress. The team structure also includes a SENCo role, providing a named responsibility for special educational needs support rather than a general promise about inclusion.

Daily toothbrushing for older children was part of nursery life in May 2023. However, staff sometimes drank less healthy drinks in children’s presence, weakening the message they were teaching. Consistency between adult behaviour and children’s health education was therefore an explicit improvement priority.

Sessions and Attendance

The nursery’s address is 2 Elly Clough, Holden Fold Lane, Oldham, OL2 5EP. It opens Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 5.30pm, for 51 weeks of the year, closing at weekends, on bank holidays and over Christmas. Enquiries can be made through the contact form or by telephone.

Part-time sessions last four hours and can be booked in the morning or afternoon, with set times applying. The full-day pattern runs from 7.30am to 5.30pm; weekly attendance covers five full days. Additional hours are charged when care goes beyond the agreed contracted hours.

Term-time attendance is also catered for. For fully funded or term-time children, holidays fall within the agreed school holidays or periods outside funding; absences taken during term time are charged at the full contracted rate. Christmas closure and bank holidays are not charged.

Funding and Paid Extras

Working Families Funding is offered, with an Additional Service Fee charged alongside it on a voluntary opt-in or opt-out basis. A Funded Half Day Add-On combines five funded hours with paid care to cover the full day. These are different elements of the bill: funded childcare, extra attendance and the additional service arrangement should be considered separately.

A retainer reserves a place and is credited to the first invoice if the place is taken; it is non-refundable if the family does not take it up. Families attending throughout the year receive a half-rate holiday allowance for two weeks, including additional service charges, provided they give four weeks’ notice; fully funded and term-time attendance do not receive that holiday discount. Current prices belong in the nursery’s written quotation, alongside the terms on its fees page.

• The youngest babies. Bunnikins Room starts at 6 months, while the nursery accepts children from 3 months. On a visit, ask how care is arranged for a baby younger than the room’s stated age band.
• Words and healthy habits. The May 2023 improvement priorities concerned accurate vocabulary and adults modelling healthy choices. Ask how these expectations are now maintained across the rooms.
• Funded attendance and extras. The additional service arrangement is voluntary, while the full-day funding add-on involves paid care. Ask for one written breakdown covering your intended attendance, the opt-out arrangement, meals and consumables.

Broadway suits families seeking either full-day attendance or shorter morning and afternoon sessions, with term-time arrangements also part of the offer. Its four-room progression gives the review its strongest practical character, from sensory play in Bunnikins Room to role play in Sunshines Room and school preparation in Busy Bees Room.

The Good judgement from May 2023 provides a dated quality reference, supported by concrete examples of learning and attentive baby care. The vocabulary and healthy-choice priorities deserve equal weight. For parents, the decision rests on matching the child’s room and attendance pattern with a clear understanding of the funded and paid elements.