The Cottage Nursery

01/05/2026

Our Pre-Prep children have been busy getting creative and thoughtful this week! 🐰✨

They designed and made special shreddable toy for our nursery rabbits, Bambi & Thumper. Using safe, natural materials, the children explored how to enrich the rabbits’ environment while learning about animal care and wellbeing.

It was wonderful to see their teamwork, imagination, and kindness in action and even better watching Bambi & Thumper enjoy their new toy! 💛

Well done, Pre-Prep! 🌿

28/04/2026

Clarendon Cottage Preparatory School.

15/04/2026

📢🌟𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗡𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘆🌟📢
Are you passionate about working with children and making a positive impact on their early development? We want YOU to be part of our incredible team!
At The Cottage Nursery, we pride ourselves on creating a nurturing, supportive and inspiring environment, not just for our children, but for our staff too. If you’re enthusiastic, caring and ready to be part of a friendly, dedicated team, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗼𝗿:
- Level 2 & 3 Nursery Practitioners
- Flexible Nursery Assistants (Qualified/Unqualified, minimum of 2 days per week)
- Modern Apprentices (Training provided by Salford City College)

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝘀?
✨ Supportive and friendly team
✨ Competitive salary
✨ A chance to make a real difference in children’s lives
✨ Access to an online development platform
✨ 'Feel Good Fridays'
✨ Nursery dog & Rabbits
✨ Attendance bonus for modern apprentices

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀?
Please contact us using the information below. 👇
☎️ 0161 789 3071
📧 [email protected]

‼️The Cottage Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

02/04/2026

🪩✨𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗕𝗼 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻✨🪩

A huge thank you to everyone who donated towards our Disney Disco Day fundraiser in aid of The LimbBo Foundation 💛

The children had an absolutely magical day, dressing up in their favourite Disney outfits and costumes, singing and dancing along to much-loved songs, getting creative with crafts, baking cakes, and decorating delicious biscuits. Even the staff joined in the fun with their own costumes! 🏰✨

It truly was a fun-filled day enjoyed by everyone, and we are so grateful for the kindness and generosity shown by our wonderful community.

Our JustGiving page is still open, so if you haven’t had a chance to donate yet, there is still time to support this amazing cause:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/the-cottage-nursery-9?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL&utm_campaign=lc_frp_share_transaction_transactional_--_donation_received_--_nth_donation

27/03/2026

25/03/2026

A huge thank you to Manchester Academy of Gymnastics for allowing us to visit their fantastic centre for our nursery trip today. The children were so well behaved and thoroughly enjoyed their time there.

A special thank you to Giarnni Regini-Moran, British Gymnast, World and Commonwealth Champion, who kindly took the time to come and say hello to the children.

Thank you also to all our staff and parent helpers, trips like this wouldn’t be possible without your support.

More pictures will follow 📸

25/03/2026

We’re excited to share this post from our sister school, Clarendon Cottage Preparatory School 📚✨

If you’re starting to think about the next step after nursery, their Open Day on Saturday 28th March (10am–12:30pm) is a fantastic opportunity to explore everything they have to offer.

You’ll be able to look around their wonderful school, enjoy a Forest School demonstration, and meet their lovely staff and PTFA team who will be serving tea, coffee and cake ☕🍰

There’s no need to book, just come along on the day!

If you’d like to speak to the school team beforehand, you can contact them on:
📧 [email protected]
☎️ 0161 950 7868

We highly recommend a visit! 💫

15/03/2026

Sending love to everyone on Mother's Day ❤️

12/03/2026

What a lovely article about our setting and Ofsted report. ❤️