Full-day nursery in University, Manchester
Echoes Day Nursery
63 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DQ · 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
63 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DQ · More nurseries in M1
Stations
- Manchester Oxford Road6 min walk · 0.2 miles
- Piccadilly (Manchester Metrolink)8 min walk · 0.3 miles
- Manchester Piccadilly8 min walk · 0.3 miles
Buses
24 bus stops within 400 m, including Charles Street, University of Manchester and Princess Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Vimto Park3 min walk
- Symphony Park3 min walk
- Sackville Gardens4 min walk
- All Saints Park6 min walk
- Gartside Gardens8 min walk
- Playground8 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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Echoes Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at 63 Charles Street, Manchester, M1 7DQ, in University, Manchester. It is registered for 72 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in July 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.3 from 43 reviews (November 2026). It is run by Network Nurseries Limited.
Run by Network Nurseries Limited (company), which runs 6 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 Philip's Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.5 miles
- Co-op Academy Medlock Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected November 2021 0.5 miles
- Martenscroft Nursery School & Children's Centre Nurseryages 0–4has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected June 2024 0.6 miles
- Sol Christian Academy ages 2–18has a nursery class 0.7 miles
- Co-op Academy New Islington Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected January 2025 0.8 miles
- St Wilfrid's RC Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected May 2023 0.8 miles
- Crown Street Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery class 0.8 miles
- Rolls Crescent Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 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 Echoes Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Echoes Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 27 July 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Echoes Day Nursery take?
Echoes Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 72 children at any one time.
Who runs Echoes Day Nursery?
Echoes Day Nursery is run by Network Nurseries Limited, which runs 6 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Echoes Day Nursery?
Manchester Oxford Road is the nearest station we know of, 0.2 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Echoes Day Nursery?
You can call 0800 307 0155.
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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 2518745 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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