3 Central Park, Ohio Avenue, Media CityUK, Salford Quays, Salford M50 2GT
Holyrood Nursery Media City is situated in the heart of Media City. Open from 7am – 7pm they provide childcare from birth to five years of age.
Holyrood nursery is in an ideal location for commuters with the motorway and a range of public transport close by. The nursery also has its own own car park for easy drop-offs and pick-ups.
A committed and knowledgeable staff team pride themselves on making sure that every child who attends has a fantastic day every day. They do this by ensuring a range of child led activities allow children to focus, engage and develop their skills through play and their own individual interests.
The fees include quality childcare, regular outdoor trips and freshly prepared meals and snacks. The nursery also offers various discounts and free funded places.
Group: Bertram Nursery Group
Person in charge: Laura Clay (Nursery Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services: Salford City Council
Number of Staff: 25
Service Offered: Day Nursery (Privately Owned), Open all year, Full Day Care, Sessional Day Care
Total Places for Children: 134
Age Range: from 0 years 0 months to 5 years 0 months
Opening Days: Mon-Fri
Opening Hours: 0700-1900
When Closed: New Years Day, Christmas Day & Boxing Day
Fees Guide: FREE Funded sessions available, 5-10% Sibling Discount
Directions:
You can find Holrood Nursery just off Broadway, heading towards the BBC studio and Media City.
Visiting:
Staff members are always more than happy to help in any way possible. Please contact to book your unique show around of Holyrood Nursery so you can see the fantastic facilities for yourself!
Parking:
A large car park at the front of the nursery which you are very welcome to park in whilst visiting. Parents may use the easily accessible car park for dropping off and collecting their children.
The Review Score of 8.6 (maximum of 10) for Holyrood Nursery - Media City is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.
a) The Average Rating is 4.7 out of 5 from 16 Reviews over all time. This Average Rating is also the rating value for Holyrood Nursery - Media City in Google's Search Results - more info
b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.9 out of 5 from 4 positive Reviews in the last 12 months.
a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating of all Reviews over all time. For each review the Day Nursery / service is rated Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, Poor or Very Poor on a number of areas eg Staff, Management etc. The Day Nursery receives points for each rating as follows: Excellent = 5. Good = 4. Satisfactory = 3. Poor = 2. Very Poor = 1. These points are added up and then divided by the total number of completed ratings to generate the average rating.
The Average Rating of 4.679 for Holyrood Nursery - Media City is calculated as follows: ( (140 Excellents x 5) + (40 Goods x 4) + (9 Satisfactorys x 3) + (1 Poors x 2) ) ÷ 190 Ratings = 4.679
b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 12 months. If there are no Positive Reviews in the last 12 months, then 2.5 points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 2 years. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with 'Extremely Likely' or 'Likely' in answer to the question 'How likely are you to recommend this Day Nursery to friends and family?'
The 5 points available are broken down as follows:
4 points are available for the first 5 Positive Reviews, 3 points for the first Positive Review and then 0.25 Points for each of the next 4 Positive Reviews.
1 point is available for reaching a target number of Positive Reviews based on 20% of the number of registered maximum number of service users. If the target is partially reached then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery with 50 registered maximum number of service users has a target of 10 Positive Reviews, if it has 10 or more Positive Reviews it will receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews will receive 0.7 points.
If there are no Positive Reviews in the last 12 months, then 2.5 points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 2 years. The calculation is the same as above, except the points are divided by 2.
The 3.899 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Holyrood Nursery - Media City is based on 4 positive Reviews in the last 12 months and is calculated as follows:
3 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.25 = 3.75
Target of 26.8 positive Reviews (134 registered maximum number of service users ÷ 5). 4 Reviews ÷ 26.8 Target = 0.149
When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
Holyrood Nursery - Media City has a Review Score of 8.6 (8.578)
Review submitted from a Postal Card by Lynsey O (Mother of Child) on Monday 5 February 2018. Relates to December 2017.
My son has recently moved into preschool. He has been in there a month now and he has settled very well with the members of staff. He is always welcomed very well in the morning and looks forward to going into nursery.
How likely would you be to recommend Holyrood Nursery - Media City? Extremely Likely
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Review submitted from a Postal Card by S J (Mother of Child) on Monday 5 February 2018. Relates to December 2017.
My little boy has just moved into the preschool room from toddlers. The transition was great, lots of communication and support. His key person carried out visits with him, and his new key person supported him. Very happy little boy in his big room. Well done.
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Review submitted from a Postal Card by Laura C (Mother of Child) on Monday 5 February 2018. Relates to December 2017.
My little boy has just moved into the preschool room from toddlers. The transition was great, lots of communication and support. His key person carried out visits with him and his new key person supported him. Very happy little boy in his big room. Well done.
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Review submitted from a Website Submission by Emma C (Mother of Child) on Tuesday 30 January 2018. Relates to January 2018.
Putting my son in this nursery was by far one of the best decisions I have ever made! He was quite a shy lad when he first went but soon settled in, with the help of the amazing, friendly staff. My son always comes home happy and excited to tell me about the new stuff he has learnt. I love how polite and helpful the staff are and the connection they have with all the children. I know my son is looked after and the nursery is very safe. I would highly recommend this place for your child.
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Review submitted from a Postal Card by Zeljka K (Mother of Child) on Wednesday 26 April 2017. Relates to March 2017.
Great facilities, friendly and welcoming staff, safe environment. Thank you all for taking such great care of my son, he loves the Holyrood Nursery and all the staff. Every day he surprises us with the new things he learned at the nursery which is a great thing at a very early age as well. The staff are welcoming the bilingual children and make them feel equal to others, facilitating the learning of children's first words through practice which is very important to us. Fantastic place. Thank you.
How likely would you be to recommend Holyrood Nursery - Media City? Extremely Likely
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Review submitted from a Postal Card by Ewelina W (Mother of Child) on Friday 21 October 2016. Relates to October 2016.
My son joined the nursery in 2014 by recommendation from my friend. All the staff and management helped me and my baby settle in the first few days at nursery. My baby always had a good experience - very friendly people. My second baby has just started nursery and she loves it. My babies are happy and so am I.
How likely would you be to recommend Holyrood Nursery - Media City? Extremely Likely
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Review submitted from a Postal Card by Kate T (Mother of Child) on Thursday 25 August 2016. Relates to August 2016.
My children have been going to Holyrood Media City for over 4 years. The outside space is great, plenty of space for the children to run around, climb, cycle, and they can even help feed the animals! The staff are friendly - my daughter gets lots of cuddles, especially if she's upset when I drop her off.
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Review submitted from a Website Submission by Satish T (Father of Child) on Wednesday 6 July 2016. Relates to June 2016.
My DD has been going to this nursery for little more than 6 months now and I can see a real good improvement in her communication and her confidence is definitely being built up, all efforts goes to nursery even though both mom and dad are working.
There are few improvements required,
1. Food - have rated good, only for the fact that we are an Asian family and would appreciate if the nursery could consider some Asian food varieties included in their menu. At times at home it gets tough to get my DD to accustom to Asian food.
2. Resources / Equipment - my DD is the babies room but her ability and her development has far grown to be in pre-school, advice to nursery to include few items that are in pre-school to be included in the babies room.
3. VFM - rated as good, typical Asian thought if prices are reduced that helps :)
Overall I am happy to send her to Holyrood.
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Review submitted from a Website Submission by Poonam j (Mother of Child) on Monday 27 June 2016. Relates to June 2016.
I took my daughter out of a nursery that had a better Ofsted rating, and was more convenient for me in terms of location and proximity to my work place and placed her in Holyrood Media City, and it is the best decision I made, as I was very unhappy with her 1st nursery.
The best thing is the staff and the care they give to the children. All the staff that have had any dealings with my daughter have always been very attentive, caring and nurturing towards her. She has always been made to feel as comfortable as possible, and so have I.
They always go above and beyond, and never make you feel like you are asking too much from them.
The management team are very efficient at dealing with any queries, which again makes life easier for me as a parent, and they are also very approachable towards parents and children.
My daughter is fussy when eating at home, but loves the food provided here which is great as I know at least 5 days of the week she is eating a very healthy and balanced diet.
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Review submitted from a Website Submission by Rebecca B (Mother of Child) on Thursday 23 June 2016. Relates to June 2016.
Since joining Holyrood Nursery Media City my daughter has developed in so many ways. She is growing into a strong independent, confident and free-thinking child. She has improved socially and academically already. We put much of this down to the care and attention she received at the Nursery.
The staff are very friendly and the environment of the nursery is welcoming and spacious. They have a large outdoor play area and also a forest with tree house and a few farm animals. They let the children experienced all sorts of activities which is so important for growing up in a balanced way. My daughter loves being there. We never had any problem and my child is dealt with good care and diligence. I would highly recommend this nursery!!!!
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Review submitted from a Website Submission by Tracy (Mother of Child) on Thursday 23 June 2016. Relates to June 2016.
Holyrood nursery (MediaCity) have been amazing with my daughter. I can not fault them and would highly recommend them to anyone. They treat the children as family and I know my daughter feels extremely safe and happy when she walks through the door.
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Review submitted from a Website Submission by Y V (Mother of Child) on Thursday 23 June 2016. Relates to May 2016.
We have had one of our children at Holyrood for about 2 years, both full time and part time. The staff in the different groups are overall very nice and supportive. The nursery rooms are regularly changed and the kids have lots of space, including a nice outdoor area. My son loves the food and I believe it offers enough variety and healthy choices.
The area of improvement would be communication. As a parent I have had more than one occasion where I have communicated something to 1 or more members of staff, to later be asked about it because the information was not shared with the other members of staff.
Overall I am happy to leave my children at this nursery.
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Review submitted from a Website Submission by Amy T (Mother of Child) on Thursday 23 June 2016. Relates to June 2016.
Overall the nursery is really good my son loves it. They have a large outdoor space and my son especially enjoys to dig in tee forest area. He has learnt so much in the 3 years he has attended media city.
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Review submitted from a Website Submission by Bethan N (Mother of Child) on Thursday 23 June 2016. Relates to June 2016.
My little boy has come on leaps and bounds being at this nursery. He loves the staff and and always eats multiple bowls of food they provide. Being freshly made on site was a big selling point for me and they are more than happy to make him something else up if he wasn't keen on the dish provided.
He loves the animals outside and constantly points them out to me when i arrive and sometimes doesn't want to leave as he is having so much fun there.
The staff are so friendly and love what they do so feel extremely lucky my boys have got a place there.
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Review submitted from a Website Submission by Helen (Mother of Child) on Thursday 23 June 2016. Relates to June 2016.
Our daughter loves this nursery. There are pigs, chickens and rabbits so if your child loves the outdoors it's the perfect place for you. They have frequent trips round the area too, and the nursery is a bright, happy place full of light.
The staff are extremely professional and very kind to the children - we feel that our daughter is safe there, and she's always excited to arrive. For us that's the ultimate tribute.
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Review submitted from a Website Submission by Stacey B (Mother of Child) on Thursday 23 June 2016. Relates to June 2016.
My daughter absolutely loves this nursery. I initially chose Holyrood media city as it is around the corner from my place of work. But not only has the convenience of the nursery prevailed, all of its staff and never ending list of activities are simply outstanding. I have already referred friends of mine with children to come to this nursery. My daughter is always excited to get up and get ready for a fun day with the team. I'll be sad when she has to leave and start school!
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March 2018
Job Title: Nursery Manager
Description:
Holyrood Media City Nursery Manager, Laura Clay has a professional qualification in childcare and over 10 years’ experience working with children of all ages.
Being a mother herself, Laura brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her nursery.