Kids Planet Newbank House

A Georgian house surrounded by gardens and woodland gives Kids Planet Newbank House its strongest physical appeal. Outdoor exploration has space to be part of ordinary nursery life here, rather than an occasional change of scene. The setting serves Royton and Heyside in Oldham, with capacity for 150 children aged one month to five years.

At its September 2025 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good overall and judged safeguarding effective. The practical character beneath that judgement is useful: children investigated weather, prepared food and tackled garden obstacles, while everyday responsibilities gave them opportunities to become more independent. Teaching needed greater consistency in extending children's thinking and modelling accurate speech.

Full-day bookings run from 7.30am to 6pm, alongside an ad hoc hourly option. For families comparing funded and private care, the important distinction is what sits alongside the childcare hours: meals and consumables are included in private fees, with separate charges on days when early years funding is used.

Learning and Activities

The early years foundation stage is the framework for children's learning, development and care: their day combines play, communication, physical activity and growing independence. In September 2025, children chose their own play alongside activities led by adults, including circle time, PE and Spanish sessions. That mix gave children opportunities both to follow an interest and to join an activity organised around something staff wanted them to learn.

Two small routines made that approach concrete. Show me 5 was a listening strategy through which children demonstrated their concentration during shared activities. Little Helper gave children a mealtime responsibility, such as distributing cups to friends. One practised attention; the other made independence part of a real task. Both were in use in September 2025.

Experiments and food preparation also gave learning something tangible to work with. Older children explored how rain comes from clouds, while younger children assembled fruit kebabs and considered taste and colour. These September 2025 examples connect questions and conversation with something children can investigate or make, rather than relying entirely on verbal explanation.

Outdoor and Community Life

Gardens and woodland surround the Georgian building, and children use the outdoor areas daily. The physical setting is a substantial reason to consider Newbank House for a child who enjoys movement and exploration: outdoor experiences can sit within the day rather than requiring an outing elsewhere.

In September 2025, staff encouraged children through obstacle courses in the garden, giving them opportunities to develop core strength and coordination. The teaching improvement matters here too. An engaging activity is only part of the job; adults also need to recognise what an individual child already understands and choose the next useful challenge.

In September 2025, staff responded to children's emotions with patience and sensitivity, and took time to understand their interests and personalities. Familiar relationships gave staff a basis for responding to the individual child, rather than treating the routine as the same task for everyone. Children also practised practical self-care, including washing their faces, managing toileting and using cutlery.

At the September 2025 inspection, Ofsted found that children with special educational needs, and those receiving specific funding, were supported to make good progress from their starting points. That is a dated judgement about the support delivered here, rather than a general promise about every child's future experience.

Communication has both a personal and a digital element. In September 2025, daily handovers helped parents understand their child's day and connect nursery routines with care and learning at home. The current offer also includes the group-wide Famly app, providing real-time updates. For parents balancing work with childcare, this adds a way to keep in touch between conversations with staff.

Fresh meals and snacks are provided, with dietary requirements catered for. Private fees include food as well as formula, wipes, nappies and sun cream; funded attendance has a separate charging structure, so the same daily provision can produce a different bill depending on how the hours are paid for.

Sessions and Attendance

Full Day and Full Time bookings both carry the 7.30am to 6pm window. An ad hoc hourly charge provides another booking option. These are different ways of purchasing attendance, so families should compare the pattern of care they actually need rather than looking only at the nursery's opening window.

Opening hours are 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, across 51 weeks of the year. Bank holidays and a week at Christmas are closures. This gives working families a substantial weekday window, but the Christmas break still needs to fit their childcare arrangements.

Getting There

The address is Newbank House, Oldham Road, Heyside, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6NE. Enquiries can be made directly by telephone on 01706 882 397 or by email to newbankhouse@kidsplanetdaynurseries.co.uk.

Funding and Paid Extras

Funded childcare and privately paid hours are both offered. The distinction between them is important: private fees include meals, snacks and consumables, while meals, activities and consumables are charged separately on days with early years funding applied. Half-day, short-day and full-day charging bands apply.

Nappies, sun cream, wipes and formula are among the items included in private fees. Families using funding should therefore compare the complete charge structure with their intended attendance pattern, rather than assuming that the private all-inclusive arrangement also applies to funded hours. Current prices come in the nursery's written quotation.

• Teaching and speech. The September 2025 priorities were to extend children's thinking more effectively and make accurate language and pronunciation consistent. On a tour, ask how staff build a next step into an activity and how these priorities shape current practice.
• Funded-day charges. Meals, activities and consumables are charged separately on days using early years funding. Request a written quotation for your intended pattern so the childcare hours and accompanying charges are clear together.
• Your child's start. Newbank House offers tours and has daily outdoor access to gardens and woodland. Use the visit to discuss how settling will work for your child and how their age group uses those spaces.

Newbank House suits families who value daily outdoor exploration in gardens and woodland, with a Georgian building giving the setting a recognisable character. Its attendance options cover full-day or full-time bookings and ad hoc hourly care, rather than a single purchasing pattern.

The September 2025 strengths were grounded in ordinary experiences: food preparation, listening routines, garden challenges and small responsibilities. The teaching and speech priorities deserve attention alongside those strengths. For families using funded childcare, the separate meals, activities and consumables charges are the other central decision point.