Full-day nursery in New Moston, Manchester
Brighter Beginning Brighter Minds
442 Hollinwood Avenue, New Moston, Manchester, M40 0JH · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
442 Hollinwood Avenue, New Moston, Manchester, M40 0JH · More nurseries in M40
Stations
- Moston5 min walk · 0.2 miles
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Gardener's Arms, Branston Road and Greengate.
Parks and playgrounds
- Princess Park10 min walk
- Boggart Hole Clough11 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
- Playground12 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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Brighter Beginning Brighter Minds is a full-day nursery at 442 Hollinwood Avenue, New Moston, Manchester, M40 0JH, in New Moston, Manchester. It is registered for 69 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in May 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 5 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Brighter Beginnings Day Nursery Limited.
Run by Brighter Beginnings Day Nursery Limited (company), which runs 9 nurseries.
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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 Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2024 0.2 miles
- Whitegate End Primary and Nursery School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.6 miles
- New Moston Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected November 2024 0.6 miles
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Moston Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.6 miles
- Charlestown Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 0.6 miles
- Moston Fields Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected September 2024 0.9 miles
- Camberwell Park Specialist Support School ages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Inadequateinspected February 2024 0.9 miles
- St John Bosco RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected March 2024 0.9 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 Brighter Beginning Brighter Minds's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Brighter Beginning Brighter Minds Good at its inspection on 10 May 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Brighter Beginning Brighter Minds take?
Brighter Beginning Brighter Minds is registered with Ofsted for up to 69 children at any one time.
Who runs Brighter Beginning Brighter Minds?
Brighter Beginning Brighter Minds is run by Brighter Beginnings Day Nursery Limited, which runs 9 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Brighter Beginning Brighter Minds?
Moston is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Brighter Beginning Brighter Minds?
You can call 0161 682 8057 and visit www.brighterbeginnings.co.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 EY449659 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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