Baby Steps Daycare
Needs improvementTakes funded hours★ 3.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open a few years
A day nursery in Smethwick for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £265.00 a week, and they take the funded hours. Rated Needs improvement by Ofsted in July 2025. Open since 2023, with 45 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
DISCOUNTED Please Call For More Info £265
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
30 hours and 15 hours funding for 3 and 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. 30 hours per term time week or 22 hours stretched over 51 weeks; eligibility code required; Parental Declaration required; £3 lunch charge 12pm-1pm and £2 tea charge 4pm-5pm for funded-only attendance.
What childcare usually costs in Sandwell
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Sandwell 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
B67 5QTWhat 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.
- 8 July 2025Needs improvement Safeguarding: Yes
- 29 January 2025Inadequate Safeguarding: No
Rated Good or Outstanding at 0 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Baby Steps Daycare
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
- Is £265.00 a week 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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