Childcare costs in Manchester, Rochdale
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SourceNurseries: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections.
Fees: each nursery's own website, read by kinplace's fee reader.
- A fee is left out when the page is shared with other nurseries (unless it is a chain's own price list, checked again for each branch), on another website, for an earlier year, or read more than 120 days ago.
We hold no published fee we can stand behind for any nursery here yet.
Work out the cost for your child's age and days
Funded hours, by age
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SourceNational rules for England from September 2025: gov.uk (working parents, 2 years, 3 and 4 years).
- Nurseries may charge for meals, nappies and activities on funded hours; those charges are not in the figures here.
| Age | Funded hours | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Under 9 months | None | Every family pays the full fee. |
| 9 months to 2 years | Up to 30 hours a week, 38 weeks a year | Working parents (gov.uk) |
| 2 years | Up to 30 hours a week if you work; 15 hours if you get certain support | Working parents, or families on some benefits (gov.uk) |
| 3 and 4 years, until Reception | 15 hours a week for every child; up to 30 for working parents | Everyone (gov.uk) |
Hours start the term after your child reaches the age: terms start on 1 September, 1 January and 1 April. 30 hours a week for 38 weeks is 1,140 hours a year, and many nurseries spread them over more weeks. Working parents apply on gov.uk for a code and reconfirm it every three months. Key dates works out when your child's hours start.
Nurseries whose fee we do not hold (14)
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- Their own fee page was not found, or what we read did not pass our checks, so we show nothing rather than a guess.
- Alkrington Pre-School CIC (Pre-school; Ofsted: Good, 21 June 2023): fee unknown
- Bee's Knees Nursery and Pre-School (Day nursery; Ofsted: Report card: expected standard or better in every area, 22 January 2026): fee unknown
- Bright Stars Childcare (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 28 February 2025): fee unknown
- Bright Stars Preschool & Holiday Club (Day nursery; Ofsted: Not inspected yet): fee unknown
- Burnside Pre School (Day nursery; Ofsted: Outstanding, 24 February 2025): fee unknown
- Edu-Play Ltd (Day nursery; Ofsted: Not inspected yet): fee unknown
- Elm Street Pre-School Community Interest Company (Pre-school; Ofsted: Good, 14 September 2023): fee unknown
- Hollin Nursery (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 2 October 2023): fee unknown
- Kids Planet School House (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 12 March 2024): fee unknown
- Little Miracles Daycare (Day nursery; Ofsted: Not inspected yet): fee unknown
- Middleton Nursery School (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 17 March 2022): fee unknown
- Squirrels Children Day Nursery, Middleton (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 23 August 2023): fee unknown
- St Thomas More Play Group (Pre-school; Ofsted: Good, 11 February 2022): fee unknown
- Tots Junction (Day nursery; Ofsted: Good, 25 February 2022): fee unknown
For comparison
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SourceCoram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
- A survey average, not any nursery's own price.
A paid hour at a typical nursery in the North West region costs £6.78 for a child under 2 and £6.17 for a 2-year-old. That is a survey average, not any nursery's own price.
More in nurseries in Manchester, ranked by what Ofsted found, and private school fees.
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