Cotton Tails Nursery at Hagley
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Stourbridge 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 April 2024. Open since 2016, with 80 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours funded childcare for eligible 2-year-olds. 15 or 30 hours funded childcare for 3- and 4-year-olds.
What childcare usually costs in Worcestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Worcestershire 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
DY9 0QNWhat 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, 11 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide an inclusive environment where children flourish, particularly in the school room where the quality of teaching is excellent. Staff working in the school room have a deep knowledge of their children's next steps in learning and use this information extremely well to help them make exceptional progress. These staff have the highest expectations of children and design a wealth of experiences to integrate new knowledge and learning. For example, children show a comprehensive understanding of plants and growth as they competently talk about the function of the roots, stem and petals of a flower. Other staff across the nursery creatively plan activities with a clear learning intention in response to children's interests, to help children make good progress over time. Staff working in the nursery room use children's favourite activities, for example paint and water play, to incorporate mathematical concepts such as heavy, light, big and small.
Most children across the nursery show high levels of engagement and enjoy their play.
Staff prioritise children's social and emotional development and all children, including babies, are safe, happy and settled. Staff help children to identify how they are feeling and help them to talk about their emotions. Children learn to behave well and show kindness and respect for one another. Staff caring for children with speech and language delay provide high-quality interventions to help close gaps in their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff working with toddlers to plan more effectively for the youngest children in the group to help increase their involvement during activities and extend their learning potential n extend the opportunities for all staff to benefit from highly effective professional development opportunities to further enhance the quality of teaching across the nursery.
- 11 April 2024Good
- 1 June 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Cotton Tails Nursery at Hagley
- What it costs
- 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
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.
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