Collingbourne Day Nursery
Good★ 3.5 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Birmingham for children from birth to 8+, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2016, with 30 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
B36 8PEWhat 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, 1 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Overall, significant improvement has been made since the previous inspection to help raise the quality of experiences provided for children. Staff greet children as they arrive and welcome them warmly into the setting. They know the children well and recognise when they may need a little extra support or a reassuring cuddle. As a result, children separate from parents with ease and demonstrate that they feel happy and secure.
Staff loosely plan activities based on the theme of a familiar story. They incorporate the seven areas of learning into the activities to support children's ongoing learning. For example, they incorporate size and healthy eating into a role-play activity based on the story of 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'. Children can recall the story and act it out in their play. They know that daddy bear's porridge is too hot and baby bear's is just right.
Children behave well and play nicely together. Staff remind them to share and take turns. Children invite staff and their friends to join them in their play. They pretend to make cups of tea and prepare food, which they invite others to share at their tea party. Children enjoy the time they spend in the setting and are generally engaged in their play.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- continue to embed the recent changes into practice to ensure that all children consistently receive high-quality learning experiences
- provide children with more time to process their thoughts and respond to questions n organise activities more effectively so that all children are able to make choices about where and with what they want to play, including those children who prefer to play and learn outdoors.
- 1 July 2024Good
- 25 January 2024Inadequate
- 3 March 2022Good
- 18 September 2019Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Collingbourne Day Nursery
- 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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