Birchwood Private Day Nursery
Ofsted report card Mar 2026Takes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Kidsgrove for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £31.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in March 2026. Open since 2007, with 52 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Minimum 2 days a week.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £31.00Holiday club £50.50School day £64.00 | £11.00Breakfast club £14.50After school club £45.50Half day, 5 hrs | £13.00Funded hours over these are charged | £155.00Holiday club full week £303.00Full week |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £15.00 a week Late feesfees which are paid more than 8 days from invoice
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £10.50 a day Consumable charge for Funded childrenWorking parents who access the 15hours funding or the 30hours extended, includes all meals covered throughout the day (Breakfast
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15hours funding or the 30hours extended funding.
Worth knowing. Funded hours are between 8.00am-3.30pm, hours over these are charged at £13.00 per hour. A maximum of 7.5 hours of funding can be used a day. Unfortunately, we do not offer stretched funding. Consumable charge of £10.50 per day, opt in or opt out.
What childcare usually costs in Staffordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Staffordshire 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
ST7 4BHWhat Ofsted found, area by area
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.
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.
- 5 March 2026Report card seven areas graded separately Safeguarding: Met
- 2 July 2025Needs improvement Safeguarding: Yes
- 10 December 2024Needs improvement Safeguarding: Yes
- 17 October 2022Good
- 21 November 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Birchwood Private Day Nursery
- 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.
- Is £31.00 a day 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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