Childcare in Birmingham (Walsall)
Birmingham (Walsall) has 3 day nurseries, 2 school nursery classes, 3 childminders and 1 after-school club. Ofsted has inspected 6 of them and rated 5 Good or better. 3 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Walsall there are 18 places per 100 children under five, worse supplied than England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Walsall, divided by the children aged 0 to 4 who live there at the 2021 Census. It compares areas; it is not a count of free places today. It also leaves out the 83 school nursery classes across Walsall, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
9 settings, best rated first. Search by postcode to sort them by how far they really are.
What people ask about childcare in Birmingham (Walsall)
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Birmingham (Walsall) take funded hours?
2 of the 9 settings in Birmingham (Walsall) are recorded as taking the government funded hours. Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.
Which nurseries in Birmingham (Walsall) take babies?
7 settings in Birmingham (Walsall) are registered to take children under two. Ofsted's register does not say whether a setting runs a baby room or has space in it, so ring before you plan around it.
Is it hard to get a nursery place in Birmingham (Walsall)?
Walsall has 18 registered childcare places for every 100 children under five, against 32 across England. That is registered capacity rather than free places, so it compares areas rather than telling you what is available this week.
Towns close to Birmingham (Walsall)
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.