Full-day nursery in Infirmary, Manchester
First Steps Day Nursery
Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, MANCHESTER, M13 9WL · 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
Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, MANCHESTER, M13 9WL · More nurseries in M13
Stations
- Ardwick21 min walk · 0.8 miles
- Manchester Oxford Road24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
23 bus stops within 400 m, including Manchester Royal Infirmary, Grafton Street and University of Manchester.
Parks and playgrounds
- Whitworth Park5 min walk
- Swinton Grove Park6 min walk
- Brunswick Park7 min walk
- Alan Gilbert Square7 min walk
- University Green10 min walk
- Playground7 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.
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First Steps Day Nursery is a full-day nursery at Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, MANCHESTER, M13 9WL, in Infirmary, Manchester. It is registered for 89 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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| First Steps Day NurseryThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Manchester Hospital School ages 4–16Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected July 2025 0.2 miles
- St Chrysostom's CofE Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected November 2025 0.3 miles
- Webster 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 0.4 miles
- Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School Manchester Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected May 2024 0.4 miles
- Co-op Academy Medlock Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Requires improvementinspected November 2021 0.6 miles
- Martenscroft Nursery School & Children's Centre Nurseryages 0–4has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected June 2024 0.7 miles
- Plymouth Grove Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected February 2023 0.7 miles
- Claremont Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected October 2023 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 First Steps Day Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated First Steps Day Nursery Good at its inspection on 6 December 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can First Steps Day Nursery take?
First Steps Day Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 89 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to First Steps Day Nursery?
Ardwick is the nearest station we know of, 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY302828 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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