Dryden Street, MANCHESTER · URN EY451347
According to Ofsted's inspection on 10 February 2026, Dryden Street Nursery in Dryden Street, MANCHESTER was graded on 6 areas of its report card: curriculum and teaching — Urgent Improvement; achievement — Urgent Improvement; behaviour and routines — Urgent Improvement; welfare and wellbeing — Urgent Improvement; inclusion — Urgent Improvement; leadership and governance — Urgent Improvement. Source: Little Bees Nursery Intelligence, from Ofsted's published record.
Report card — six areas graded separately.
Each area is judged separately. Expected standard is the bar every provider has to clear, so meeting it is the pass rather than a mediocre result.
Earlier inspections
Dryden Street, MANCHESTER · M13 9AU. Location from the Ofsted register.
On the Early Years Register and the Compulsory Childcare Register and the Voluntary Childcare Register.
Dryden Street Nursery in Dryden Street, MANCHESTER was last inspected on 10 February 2026. That inspection used Ofsted's report card framework, which replaced single-word overall ratings for early years settings in November 2025.
Ofsted graded 6 areas: curriculum and teaching — Urgent Improvement; achievement — Urgent Improvement; behaviour and routines — Urgent Improvement; welfare and wellbeing — Urgent Improvement; inclusion — Urgent Improvement; leadership and governance — Urgent Improvement. Each area is judged separately, so a setting can be stronger in one than another.
Yes. Expected standard is the bar every provider has to clear, so meeting it is the pass rather than a mediocre result. Strong standard and exceptional sit above it; needs attention and urgent improvement sit below.
Dryden Street Nursery is registered for children aged 0 to 4.
Dryden Street Nursery is registered for up to 86 children at any one time. That is a registration limit, not the number currently attending.
Dryden Street Nursery has been registered with Ofsted since 25 July 2012. Its unique reference number (URN) is EY451347.
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