Beechwood Childcare Limited
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Solihull 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 January 2025. Open since 1997, with 39 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours per week during school terms only, starting in September each year. This is 38 weeks per year.
Worth knowing. Funding is only available for the 38 weeks of school terms, but if you opt for full-time attendance, we stretch the funding over 51 weeks. A voluntary consumables and experiences charge of £1 per funded hour will be added to invoices.
What childcare usually costs in Solihull
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.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
B90 1BTWhat 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, 15 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff greet children with warmth as they enter the nursery. They sing a 'Hello' song during group time together. Each child receives individual acknowledgment, and staff ask them about their feelings. This helps children feel valued and included.
Staff build secure and respectful relationships with children to help them settle.
When some children become a little unsure, staff respond swiftly to them. Staff use different strategies to support children's emotions. For example, they talk to children about their feelings and what they can do to help them feel better. Staff ask children if they would like a spare 'magic smile' from the staff's pocket to help them feel better. Children await their smile with anticipation. They beam with delight when they receive a smile in return. This helps boost children's confidence and self-esteem.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen teaching further to support staff with identifying opportunities to extend children's learning, beyond what they already know and can do to make the best possible progress.
- 15 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 15 August 2024Inadequate
- 20 December 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Beechwood Childcare Limited
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.