AppleKids Day Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Birmingham for children from birth to 8+, open 08:45 to 15:45, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2025. Open since 2013, with 48 places.
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 Birmingham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Birmingham 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
B11 4NPWhat 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, 10 April 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are greeted with smiles as they arrive at this friendly nursery. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure, as they play happily alongside staff.
Children's language and communication skills are promoted. For example, staff regularly share familiar rhymes and stories with children, encouraging them to join in with actions and repetitive language. Staff engage in conversations with children as they play alongside them. For example, they model new vocabulary, such as
'squash 'and 'squeeze', as children prepare soapy sponges to wash their toys.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- embed and monitor recent changes made to the daily routines and provision within the nursery to support children to fully access the curriculum n plan adult-led activities that focus teaching and learning more precisely on what children need to learn next to help them make the best possible progress in their learning n enhance learning opportunities in the outdoor environment so children can fully extend their learning when playing outside.
- 10 April 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 3 July 2024Needs improvement
- 27 September 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for AppleKids 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.
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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.