What Ofsted found
Requires improvement Inspected 29 August 2025
| Judgement | Grade |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Requires improvement |
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
The third of the four grades: not yet good, and the nursery had to improve. Ofsted now gives report cards instead, so this grade stays until the next inspection.
What a place could cost
Railway Kindergarten sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in North West, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.
| Child's age | You pay a week | About a month |
|---|---|---|
| From 9 months to 2 | £136 | £429 |
| 2 years old | £124 | £391 |
| 3 to 4 years old | £120 | £381 |
A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.
Railway Kindergarten against Trafford
| Railway Kindergarten | Trafford average | |
|---|---|---|
| Places | 22 | 64 |
| Ofsted outcome | Requires improvement | 77% rated Good or better |
Other nurseries close by
Questions parents ask about Railway Kindergarten
- What Ofsted grade does Railway Kindergarten have?
- Railway Kindergarten was rated Requires improvement at its inspection on 29 August 2025, under the grading Ofsted used before report cards.
- How many children can Railway Kindergarten take?
- Ofsted registers Railway Kindergarten for 22 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Trafford has 64.
- How much does Railway Kindergarten cost?
- Railway Kindergarten sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in North West charges £178 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
- Does Railway Kindergarten offer 30 hours free childcare?
- Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Railway Kindergarten how it offers them.
- When was Railway Kindergarten last inspected?
- Ofsted last inspected Railway Kindergarten on 29 August 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
- Which nurseries are near Railway Kindergarten?
- Nearby in M41: The Little People, The Little People Preschool And Playgroup Ltd, Canterbury Road Day Nursery.
Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.
Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.
Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.