Busy Bees At Selly Oak
Good★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Birmingham for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2024. Open since 2019, with 96 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
B29 6JEWhat 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.
- 30 June 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 29 August 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at nursery happy. Parents come into the nursery to drop their children off inside the rooms. Children settle quickly as staff welcome them with smiles and provide activities that children instinctively go to and explore. Those children who need extra reassurance are given comfort and encouragement. Staff are highly effective at supporting children's emotional development. Strong bonds are formed between children and their key person. Consequently, children feel safe and secure. Overall, children behave well. Staff teach children why they can do something or not, so they learn. 'Golden rules' reinforce the overall ethos of being kind to friends.
Children are confident and make choices about their play and learning. Staff deployment is effective so children can choose whether to play indoors or outdoors.
This approach means that those children who prefer to learn outdoors can do so whenever they choose. The nursery is a hive of activity. Older children have fun with staff as they do 'animal yoga'. They lie on their backs and do stretches and move their legs in circular motions. Younger children enjoy making animal footprints in play dough. They look at circular discs with a print of an animal and match these to the footprints they are making by pressing toy animals into the play dough. Young babies are helped to settle as they are cared for by kind and attentive staff. They enjoy singing nursery rhymes.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - enhance children's language skills by staff using correct pronunciation for words n support staff to create an environment for the youngest children that inspires children's curiosity and maximises their learning potential.
- 29 August 2024Good
- 26 July 2022Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busy Bees At Selly Oak
- 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.
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