Hale

Welcome to Hale. Ofsted outstanding, finalists or winners of over ten national awards including nursery of the year, we are recognised as amongst the best nurseries nationally .

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Our nursery

Idyllically located amongst fields, our nursery has a calm home from home feel. Ground-floor rooms enjoy free-flow all weather garden access. Our large, recently landscaped garden includes a kitchen garden allotment, fruit trees, wildlife garden, baby area, play equipment from a local craftsman and plenty of space for the children to run.

We Explore

All of our children enjoy weekly trips – from visiting local parks to train rides to China Town, Delamere Forest or Tatton Park. Our vast range of magical experiences broadens children’s understanding of the world and equips them with essential skills for their future learning. Extracurricular activities include yoga, forest school, sports, dance and Moo Music.

Our Community

Established relationships with Hale’s community, library, shops, police, fire brigade and Hale Civic Society enable us to enrich our curriculum with a wealth of experiences. For example, monthly visits to Altrincham United Reform Church’s elderly group builds intergenerational links. We enjoy giving back too, from book and clothes swaps, litter picking and donating to food banks locally, to decorating Hale station’s Christmas tree.

Team

Our team have the breadth of qualifications and experience required to create the awe and wonder that is vital to children’s learning, ensuring school readiness. This includes two Early years teachers, three Level 6 and a Level 5 lead practitioner, NDNA baby, two forest school practitioners and a SENco. A communication champion and two accredited ELSAs promote wellbeing.

Delivering Excellence

With over 200 years combined experience, our established team focus on creating magical experiences, rather than embedding a new team. A smaller company, focused on reinvesting rather than acquisition, we quickly adopt the latest best practice. Based in Hale, Elmscot’s outdoor and early years leads and senior leadership visit regularly, providing support.

Our awards

We are delighted to have won multiple awards including:

Outstanding

This highest possible grade means that Ofsted’s one day assessment found us to be offering exceptional education.

OFSTED Report
Indoors

Being shortlisted twice for the best indoor learning environment national award recognises that our indoor learning environments inspire and excite children.
Outdoors

Shortlisted for the best outdoor learning environment award, our outdoor spaces are recognised for their ability to inspire children and promote learning.
Food for life

The Soil Association’s Early Years Food for Life award recognises our outstanding food and food education.
Healthy setting

Our Trafford Healthy Setting Award recognises that we nurture healthy eating, physical activity and emotional wellbeing.
Millie's Mark

This gold standard in paediatric first aid is awarded to nurseries that go above and beyond to keep children safe.
RSPB Wild Gold

Recognising that our children connect with, experience and help nature through activities ranging from weather tracking to creating habitats.
Healthy nursery

We were selected as UK finalists for the NDNA’s Healthy Nursery of the Year award.
RHS Gardening

This award recognises our accessible growing space and that the children garden, and understand the benefits of gardening.
Food

As finalists for the the national nursery food award, our delicious, healthy food was recognised as amongst the best nationally.
5-star hygiene

Our top of the scale five-star food hygiene rating recognises our exemplary hygiene standards.
Nursery of the year

Regional runner up for the National Day Nurseries Association Nursery of the Year award, we are recognised as one of the regions best nurseries.
Sun Safe

Recognising our effective sun safety policies developed to protect children from UV radiation and educate them on skin cancer prevention.
Plastic free

We were the first nursery in Trafford to achieve the Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) plastic free status.
NDNA maths champions

This accreditation enables our support for children’s early maths development.
Elklan Level 3

Recognising our support for children’s speech, language, and communication skills.
Think Equal

This accreditation enables our support for children to value themselves and their peers., by developing social and emotional skills.
Wellbeing

Recognises our nurturing environment and support for children’s emotional and social skills.
Jigsaw gold

Achieving Jigsaw’s gold award recognises our exemplary quality standards.

Fees & funding

We ensure that fees are kept to a minimum whilst enabling us to provide the best start for your child. You may be able to access help with your fees through childcare funding. We accept most childcare vouchers.

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Welcome

We warmly welcome you to come and and take a closer look at what we do

7.30am – 6pm
hale@elmscot.co.uk
60 Bankhall Lane, Hale, Cheshire, WA15 0LG
0161 980 7019

‘Children are exceptionally happy in this nursery. On arrival, babies snuggle contentedly into their key person. Older children skip into the nursery, eager to see what exciting things the day holds.’

Ofsted
‘I cannot speak highly enough of this wonderful nursery. Leaving your little one is the hardest thing to do and every time I dropped her off I knew I was leaving her at home with family.’

Hale parent
‘My daughter has had a lovely experience at Hale Day Nursery. She has made some great friends and the staff have been brilliant, she always comes out with a big smile on her face. Her key person has been wonderful.’

Hale parent
‘Lovely warm nursery, I never worry about whether my child will be well looked after and happy, in fact, he usually doesn’t want to come home! Very low staff turnover so get to know all the staff and all staff know the children.’

Hale parent
‘I’ve been extremely impressed with the extracurricular activities offered, the outdoor space and amount of time spent outdoors and the amazing food they serve! Highly recommended!’

Hale parent
‘My daughter absolutely loves Hale. Her key persons are absolutely great and she’s learning so much more than I could ever teach her. I particularly love the time they spend doing outdoor activities.’

Hale parent
‘The range of activities they design and deliver on a daily basis is brilliant and a real testament to all the hard work of the staff that they create such a great environment for the children to grow and learn.’

Hale parent
‘A massive thank you to the kitchen team as the food and menus they create each day are great. My daughter gets a wide variety of things to eat that are nutritious and as she says really yummy.’

Hale parent
‘Hale Day Nursery was an easy choice for us, the outdoor space really sold it. I can’t fault the experience my son had there and I always felt really confident in the care he received from the staff.’

Hale parent
‘They involve parents in activities such as Forest School, Mother’s Day, Sports Day etc to allow us to see the children in action in the nursery setting interacting with their friends. Highly recommended.’

Hale parent
‘We are delighted with it. The team all care so much about their job and you can tell how happy the children are when they arrive for the day and leave. Our daughter learns so much at nursery.’

Hale parent