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Active Angels Day Nursery

OutstandingBirth to 8+Open for decades

A day nursery in Solihull for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in August 2024. Open since 2009, with 69 places.

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Cost

What you might pay

This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.

What childcare usually costs in Solihull

£6.00an hour, typical for a 2 years old
£5.00an hour, typical for a 3 and 4 years old

This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Solihull from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.

The basics

Places, hours and the day

Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.

Who they can take
Birth to 8+Registered from birth. Whether there is a baby room is a question for the call.
When it's open
07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a weekFrom their Google listing
Funded hours
Not published, so ask them
How many children
69 placesLarge for England
How long open
17 yearsOpen for decades
Address
Tanworth Lane, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4BY

Where it is

B90 4BY
Ofsted URN EY401102On the register since 15 October 2009
Ofsted

What 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, 8 August 2024 · read the full report

What it is like to attend

Children receive excellent care and education at this warm, welcoming and totally child-centred setting. They are incredibly happy and content, which shows they feel safe and secure. Children confidently explore the provision. They access an extensive range of exciting, stimulating activities which are diligently planned by staff. Children become highly engaged and concentrate on tasks. Enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff support them with quality interactions that extend children's learning. Children's behaviour is impeccable. They follow the rules of the setting, share, take turns and interact respectfully with staff and their friends.

Leaders and staff work together to plan a flexible curriculum that incorporates all children's needs. Staff form close, nurturing and supportive relationships with children and their families. This enables staff to build on children's learning and experiences at home. For example, following a baby's visit to a farm, staff plan activities that captivate babies' interests. Babies delight in playing with farm animals in mud, straw and sand. They listen intently and echo songs sung by staff who play alongside them. Later in the day, babies repeat the morning's learning independently. They sing 'E-I-E-I-O' tunefully as they play.

  • 8 August 2024Outstanding
  • 22 January 2019Good
  • 31 July 2015Good

Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.

Still missing for Active Angels Day Nursery

  • What it costs
  • Funded hours
  • Youngest age taken
  • Meals
  • 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.

Before you ring

What to ask them

None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.

  • What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
  • Can I use my funded hours here? 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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Everything here comes from Ofsted's published childcare register, under the Open Government Licence. Ratings are quoted exactly as Ofsted gave them, with their dates. Read the full Ofsted reports · How we put this together.

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