ABC Day Nursery (Willenhall) LTD
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A day nursery in Willenhall for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £65.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 2009, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £65.00 | £45.00Morning half day or Afternoon half day, 5 hrs | £15.00Extra hour | £7.50Extra 30 minutes |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £15.00 per 15 minutes Late fee
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £15.00 a week 15 hours hot meals
- £25.00 a week 30 hours hot meals
Funded hours
30 hours funded childcare from the term after their child turns 9 months old until they start school, or 15 hours for all 3 and 4-year-olds from the term after their third birthday.
Worth knowing. 15 hours: x3 short sessions 8am-1pm or 1pm-6pm; 30 hours: x5 days 9am-3pm or x3 days 8am-6pm. Optional hot meals £15/week for 15 hours, £25/week for 30 hours. Packed lunches must be provided by parents/carers.
What childcare usually costs in Walsall
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Walsall from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
WV13 2EYWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 21 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children feel safe and secure while attending the nursery. They seek out familiar staff when they need reassurance. They settle quickly after a cuddle and absorb themselves in the range of activities on offer. This is because children have secure relationships with their key person. Younger children explore sensory trays of flour and pasta. They practise their fine motor skills by picking up the pasta, which helps to develop their pincer grip and writing skills. Children giggle in sheer delight in the garden as they concentrate while balancing on the tyres. They cheer when they successfully jump off at the end. This helps to develop their coordination skills.
Children enjoy listening to familiar stories. They re-enact familiar parts of these in their play. For instance, they build on their hand-eye coordination as they pour pretend tea for the 'tiger'. Children are polite while having their snack. They say
'thank you' when staff offer them their drink. Children develop their listening skills through a range of activities. For example, staff use musical instruments to play a sequence of sounds for children to repeat them. Staff provide an abundance of praise when children successfully repeat the sequence. This gives children a sense of pride in their achievements.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support less confident staff to develop their teaching techniques to help them adapt activities and extend children's learning even further n review the organisation of transition times to ensure that children are not waiting for extended periods of time and remain focused in their learning.
- 21 June 2023Good
- 24 January 2023Inadequate
- 29 June 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for ABC Day Nursery (Willenhall) LTD
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £65.00 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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