Full-day nursery in St George's, Manchester
Bright Eyes Hulme Park Explorers
Bright Eyes, Royce Road, MANCHESTER, M15 5BP · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Bright Eyes, Royce Road, MANCHESTER, M15 5BP · More nurseries in M15
Stations
- Deansgate12 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Cornbrook (Manchester Metrolink)13 min walk · 0.5 miles
- Manchester Oxford Road17 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including St Wilfrid's, Mallow Street and Ribston Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Hulme Park3 min walk
- Barrack Street Park5 min walk
- James Grigor Square12 min walk
- Castlefield Viaduct Urban Park12 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Manchester there are about 4.6 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Bright Eyes Hulme Park Explorers is a full-day nursery at Bright Eyes, Royce Road, MANCHESTER, M15 5BP, in St George's, Manchester. It is registered for 60 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.9 from 18 reviews (November 2026).
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Wilfrid's RC Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.1 miles
- Rolls Crescent Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.3 miles
- Crown Street Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery class 0.3 miles
- St Philip's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.4 miles
- Old Trafford Community Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.4 miles
- St Alphonsus RC Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.5 miles
- Afifah School ages 2–16has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- Martenscroft Nursery School & Children's Centre Nurseryages 0–4has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected June 2024 0.5 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Bright Eyes Hulme Park Explorers's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Bright Eyes Hulme Park Explorers Good at its inspection on 19 January 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Bright Eyes Hulme Park Explorers take?
Bright Eyes Hulme Park Explorers is registered with Ofsted for up to 60 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Bright Eyes Hulme Park Explorers?
Deansgate is the nearest station we know of, 0.5 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Bright Eyes Hulme Park Explorers?
You can call 0161 222 5770 and visit www.brighteyes.org.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 4 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY495280 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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