Banana Moon Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Birmingham for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 2014, with 90 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
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
B13 9EZWhat 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.
- 21 July 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 23 July 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 19 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children at this nursery are good communicators. Staff place a strong emphasis on developing children's language skills. Children sit and share stories. They show interest as staff add expression while they read books. Children ask questions about what they can see and are given opportunities to explore this further. They say that they can see 'pizza' and staff and other children examine the pages to try to find items that look like pizza. Children enjoy this and laugh together as they describe what they can see.
Babies have lots of space to move around and develop their physical skills. They are encouraged to crawl to different activities and join in play. They hold up wooden rings and copy as staff play a game of peekaboo with them. They laugh as staff say 'boo' and repeat the action to continue with the game. When babies become upset, staff go to them and provide comfort. Children settle quickly as they have formed strong attachments with staff.
Older children enjoy joining in yoga activities. They learn about spatial awareness and develop their balancing skills as they practise standing on one leg and reaching down to the floor. They join in with some calming breathing techniques and start to understand the effects of exercise on their bodies as they listen to their heartbeat.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen partnerships with parents so that all parents are well informed about their children's experiences at nursery n develop the consistency of practice across the staff team so that children experience high-quality learning.
- 19 October 2023Good
- 14 October 2021Good
- 19 July 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Banana Moon Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
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