Bouncing Bears Day Care
Good★ 3.5 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Birmingham for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:15, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2022. Open since 2009, with 47 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
B14 4ERWhat 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, 24 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle quickly on arrival. They confidently leave their parents at the door and join in the nursery routines. Staff support them well and encourage them to become engaged in activities indoors and outdoors. Children spend lots of time in the garden area where staff plan a range of activities to build on what children know and can do. They have lots of opportunities to develop their large muscles.
For example, children run around negotiating the space, ride on wheeled toys, climb up a small frame and slide down, and balance along tyres. Children sit to dig in the garden and explore the mud kitchen. Their imaginations are ignited as they fill containers with soil and water, and pretend they are making potions for the
'witch'. Children develop their muscle control and coordination as they are supported to draw and make marks with chalk and water on the walls and windows.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's understanding of how to support children who prefer solitary play to build on and extend their learning n review staff practice to help them improve the curriculum for mathematics to enhance children's knowledge in this area even further.
- 24 March 2022Good
- 20 December 2017Good
- 18 May 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bouncing Bears Day Care
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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