Full-day nursery in Openshaw, Manchester
Brighter Beginnings Wetherby Street
50 Wetherby Street, Higher Openshaw, Manchester, M11 1NU · 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
50 Wetherby Street, Higher Openshaw, Manchester, M11 1NU · More nurseries in M11
Stations
- Gorton5 min walk · 0.2 miles
- Fairfield18 min walk · 0.7 miles
- Cemetery Road (Manchester Metrolink)18 min walk · 0.7 miles
Buses
14 bus stops within 400 m, including Melville Close, Fairfield Road and Lees Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Lees Street Recreation Ground3 min walk
- Delamere Park5 min walk
- Vine Street Park5 min walk
- King George V Park7 min walk
- Godfrey Ermen Playing Fields9 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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Brighter Beginnings Wetherby Street is a full-day nursery at 50 Wetherby Street, Higher Openshaw, Manchester, M11 1NU, in Openshaw, Manchester. It is registered for 72 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.5 (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 Clement's CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected January 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Varna Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.3 miles
- Abbey Hey Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Improved significantlyinspected November 2024 0.5 miles
- St James' CofE Primary School Gorton Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected May 2023 0.5 miles
- Higher Openshaw Community School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.6 miles
- Fairfield Road Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected June 2025 0.6 miles
- St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.7 miles
- Manchester Road Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected November 2024 0.7 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Brighter Beginnings Wetherby Street's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Brighter Beginnings Wetherby Street Good at its inspection on 24 January 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Brighter Beginnings Wetherby Street take?
Brighter Beginnings Wetherby Street is registered with Ofsted for up to 72 children at any one time.
Who runs Brighter Beginnings Wetherby Street?
Brighter Beginnings Wetherby Street is run by Brighter Beginnings Day Nursery Limited, which runs 9 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Brighter Beginnings Wetherby Street?
Gorton is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Brighter Beginnings Wetherby Street?
You can call 016170 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 · 5 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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY474448 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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