Full-day nursery in New Moston, Manchester
Building Blocks Day Nursery
841 Moston Lane, Manchester, M40 5RT · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since August 2017Reference EY550222Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 27 November 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places102 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 3 February 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
841 Moston Lane, Manchester, M40 5RT · More nurseries in M40
Stations
- Moston8 min walk · 0.3 miles
Buses
18 bus stops within 400 m, including Gardener's Arms, Greengate and Leyburn Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Boggart Hole Clough7 min walk
- Playground11 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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Building Blocks Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 841 Moston Lane, Manchester, M40 5RT, in New Moston, Manchester. It is registered for 102 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in November 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.6 from 9 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Building Blocks Day Nursery (NW) Limited.
Run by Building Blocks Day Nursery (NW) Limited (company), which runs 3 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected April 2024 0.3 miles
- Charlestown Community Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2023 0.5 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 0.5 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 0.7 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 0.7 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 0.7 miles
- Camberwell Park Specialist Support School ages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Inadequateinspected February 2024 0.7 miles
- St John Bosco RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected March 2024 0.8 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 Building Blocks Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Building Blocks Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 27 November 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Building Blocks Day Nursery take?
Building Blocks Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 102 children at any one time.
Who runs Building Blocks Day Nursery?
Building Blocks Day Nursery is run by Building Blocks Day Nursery (NW) Limited, which runs 3 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Building Blocks Day Nursery?
Moston is the nearest station we know of, 0.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Building Blocks Day Nursery?
You can call 0161 682 4830.
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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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 4 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY550222 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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