Cotton Tails Too
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Birmingham 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 2023. Open since 2001, with 49 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 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
B45 9BLWhat 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, 6 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and are eager to explore the nursery. They leave their parents with confidence ready to start their day. Staff greet children with a warm and friendly welcome upon their arrival. Children are provided with plenty of cuddles, comfort and reassurance, which helps children to feel safe and secure.
Staff know and understand children extremely well, which is reflected in the close bonds children have with staff.
Children are excited by the broad, challenging and inspiring curriculum, which is based around children's interests and development. Staff plan a wide variety of activities based on themes and what they know about children's progress. Staff support children to be confident learners, and offer children plenty of praise and encouragement during their play. For example, staff skilfully engage children as they learn about seeds. They show children different fruit and vegetables and talk to children about where the seeds come from. They praise children when they cut the produce open, and encourage them to count the seeds. This helps to boost their self-esteem and confidence.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- maximise opportunities for all children to develop their independence skills even further, such as enabling them to help prepare and serve their own meals and snacks n further build on staff's teaching during group sessions so that younger children engage and maintain high levels of interest more consistently.
- 6 April 2023Good
- 8 August 2017Outstanding
- 10 March 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Cotton Tails Too
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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