The Learning Hive Nursery School

30 Manchester Road, Audenshaw, Manchester M34 5GB
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  • The Learning Hive Nursery School, Manchester
The Learning Hive Nursery School offers high-quality childcare and early years education to children aged between 6 weeks to 5 years.

The nursery has rooms designed carefully to meet the age and stages of the children, while offering challenges to help them reach their full potential.

In addition to the excellent play and learning facilities children access, they also have a range of outdoor spaces, a sensory room and pets corner!

Staff strive for excellence and are very passionate about providing all children with experiences and memories that will last them a lifetime.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Louise Johnson (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 20

Total Places for Children

  • 108

Age Range

  • from 0 years 2 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Funding & Fees

  • Full day (7:30 am to 6:00 pm) from £61.25

  • We want to make life simple, so our fees include milk, freshly prepared snacks, and meals, as well as nappies, wipes, and sun cream. Parents are, of course, also welcome to bring in their own.

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & Christmas

The Learning Hive Nursery School Reviews (56)

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The Learning Hive Nursery School has a Review Score of 9.3 (9.327) out of 10, based on 14 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time The Learning Hive Nursery School has 56 reviews.

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Review from Rowan N (Father of Child) published on 31 January 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My daughter goes here and loves it, and the staff treat her (and us) very well. They are not perfect but seem to be constantly striving to improve and take constructive feedback on board. The recent change in ownership (to Storal Learning) seems to have brought some additional investment to the nursery
and they are busy finalising some renovations. My daughter has been going for over a year now, and we recently doubled her sessions from one afternoon a week to two, with plans to increase it further in due course. The nursery is also very flexible in taking our daughter for additional sessions when required (with them once taking her full time for two weeks to cover some other unexpected commitments).
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Review from Emma H (Mother of Child) published on 31 January 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
All 3 of my children have attended Rocking Horse - my daughter attended over 11 years ago, my son left in Sept 2018 and my youngest son is currently at Rocking Horse.
The staff are fantastic, hardworking, caring and full of information and updates on my child's day.
The building is clean, tidy and
very welcoming.
I would not hesitate in recommending Rocking Horse to other parents/carers.
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Review from Preeti (Mother of Child) published on 30 January 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Friendly and approachable staff.
Good quality care for my child.
Good communication with parents regarding any events or incidents.
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Review from Lucy D (Mother of Child) published on 30 January 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been at Rocking Horse since 10 months old and is now 3. She is a very happy, chatty, confident little girl and this is largely down to her nursery time and her carers. Excellent nursery!
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Review from Deborah W (Mother of Child) published on 31 October 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My child enjoys her time at Rocking Horse and has grown with confidence, not only this month but all her way through since she started in 2017.
Her carer whilst at nursery shows her good attention and they seem to have a great relationship. My child enjoys playing outside in the garden area and has
made many new friends this term.
Very happy with all staff and the nursery itself.
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Review from Emma A (Mother of Child) published on 31 October 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My nearly two years old my daughter attends this nursery. When she first started she was shy and missed her mummy and daddy. It was heartbreaking to see, however, I knew she was in excellent care with all the staff as they had previously cared for my other daughter who attended from being 10 months
old to when she started school. Staff are excellent and always go above and beyond and we couldn't ask for any better care for our little one. She has come on leaps and bounds. Thank you!
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Review from Jill C (Mother of Child) published on 26 October 2018 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter struggled at first to adapt to nursery as she is an only child. The staff have been so patient and kind. Everybody you encounter at Rocking Horse Nursery & Pre-school go the extra mile and are friendly and helpful. My daughter is now settled really well and has gained so much independence
from attending. A great range of activities and lovely facilities and toys. I would highly recommend this nursery.
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Review from Jodie B (Mother of Child) published on 26 October 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My youngest left this year to start big school but her time at Rocking Horse was amazing. She started in the baby room and worked her way around all the nursery enjoying each and every day making amazing bonds with other children and staff. I can't thank them enough for helping raise my little gem.

I also used this nursery for my eldest 11 years ago. Wouldn't dream of going anywhere else and I recommended to my family and friends who also used the nursery.
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Review from Laura S (Mother of Child) published on 25 October 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My little girl loves going to nursery, she always has so much to tell me of what she's been doing and who she's played with.
Staff are friendly and always keen to help and the children, they all appear happy, well looked after and the range of activities always keeps them active and learning whilst
having fun. There always busy right up until I go and get my little girl, there playing out or doing something.
Great nursery
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Review from Steven A (Father of Child) published on 12 October 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
We chose this nursery based on location but our child has come on leaps and bounds since joining. Staff are friendly and always keen to help and the children all appear happy, well looked after and the range of activities always keeps them active and learning whilst having fun.
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Review from Victoria C (Mother of Child) published on 12 October 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Both of my children attended this nursery after not getting off to a very good start at a previous one.
Rocking Horse are amazing and brought them on so much after their bad experience at the previous one. They both gained confidence and are turning into amazing little children thanks to the guidance
they received here.
I will be forever grateful for the love and care they both received.
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Review from Kerrie R (Mother of Child) published on 7 September 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
I am the mummy of a very special little boy who attended Rocking Horse for over two years. He was my only child and I would never leave him with anyone until I found this amazing nursery. He would just go off and play saying 'bye mummy' with a cheeky grin. I knew by that expression I had made the right
choice. The warm welcome we would receive from parents, children, and most importantly the staff. They really did become part of a family unit. I guess more close than some blood relatives. My little boy made so many friends. Birthday parties were like being in the nursery. They were so close, happy and beautiful children. From what I saw on a daily basis all the children in that class loved the nursery, their classroom and most importantly the staff. I saw the children grow into beautiful little people. More so my son. He learnt so so much, from colours, singing, playing and sharing. Writing his full name and always brings things home he so proudly made.
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Review from Caroline B (Mother of Child) published on 4 September 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Overall a good Nursery. A few issues in the past but management have always done their absolute best to rectify. Staff are all approachable and lovely.
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Review from Jenny (Mother of Child) published on 4 September 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Both of my children attend this nursery. They always come home really happy and full of stories about what they have done at nursery. Staff are always very helpful especially the manager she's always on hand to help.
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Review from Gemma C (Mother of Child) published on 4 September 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Our daughter loves this nursery. And the staff just love her! It's lovely to see her excited and pleased to be left.


Our daughter started here aged 8 months. She's now 13 months. She's in full time.


We looked round a few before deciding on here. We liked the seperate rooms, staff and outdoor

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Review from Gina A (Mother of Child) published on 17 August 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Since leaving my child in the care of rocking horse when he was just 13 months old I have always felt very confident that he was in safe hands and happy to be there.


This made returning to work much easier as I'd envisaged.


The staff are very nice and I feel they genuinely care about the children

they are looking after.
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Current Review Score: 9.3 (9.327)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.3 (9.327) out of 10 for The Learning Hive Nursery School is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.7 out of 5 from 14 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.6 out of 5 from 13 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.725 for The Learning Hive Nursery School is calculated as follows: ( (128 Excellents x 5) + (32 Goods x 4) + (7 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 167 Ratings = 4.725
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 4.602 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for The Learning Hive Nursery School is based on 13 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 108 number of registered child places is 21.6. 13 Positive Reviews ÷ 21.6 = 0.602
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Louise

Louise Johnson

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2019

Welcome to The Learning Hive Nursery School in Audenshaw near Manchester.


Every day at The Learning Hive, we encourage children to be inquisitive and imaginative in our wonderful environment. In doing so, they soon develop a real love of learning and a curious mind. We’ve been providing high-quality early years learning for over twenty years to families from our local community and beyond.


Our large converted Victorian home offers so much space for children to learn and grow during this important stage, from our rich indoor learning environments to our outdoor areas, filled with opportunities for adventure.


Our experienced team come with a wealth of early years learning insight. We know that every child is different with their own story to tell, so we make sure that your child learns in a way and at a pace that’s right for them.


Come by for a visit and experience first-hand our happy and homely nursery. We look forward to meeting you.

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