ABC Early Learning & Childcare Centre UK Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Wolverhampton for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2025. Open since 2013, with 170 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Worth knowing. Food Charges (if booking funded hours only): Breakfast £1.50, Lunch including Dessert £3.50, Afternoon Tea £2.00.
What childcare usually costs in Staffordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Staffordshire 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
WV8 1EPWhat 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.
- 20 July 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 9 January 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 29 September 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff gather information from parents and carers to develop an understanding of each child's unique needs, including their medical needs, interests and routines, which they plan for accordingly. This positively contributes to children feeling happy, and they actively engage in the wide range of activities provided. Parents speak positively about transitions and report that their children settle well.
Children make good progress from their starting points. Staff repeat activities to ensure all children can benefit from the same experiences and adapt them based on previous reflections. For example, when exploring healthy foods, staff cut open a tomato, ensuring all children can observe the seeds inside. They identify children's next steps and plan activities that support skill development, such as building younger children's vocabulary by exploring different types of transport.
Staff promote children's positive behaviour through consistent and supportive strategies. For example, they sing songs and blow bubbles, helping children to wait. When routine activities, such as tidying up, begin to lose momentum, they calmly ring a bell to refocus children's attention. Staff encourage the use of good manners and check in on children's feelings, responding with warmth and affection.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to identify where teaching can be further enhanced to extend and challenge children's knowledge and skills n help staff to understand how additional funding is used to help them plan for and support eligible children's learning effectively n consider the volume of noise in the setting to ensure it does not hinder children's opportunities to continually develop their communication and language skills.
- 29 September 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 6 April 2023Good
- 14 November 2022Inadequate
- 19 October 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for ABC Early Learning & Childcare Centre UK Ltd
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Nappies
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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.
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