Cradley Play Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Halesowen for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 17:45, 5 days a week. £76.00 a day for 2 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2022. Open since 2016, with 34 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | |
|---|---|---|
| 0–2 yearsbirth to 2y | £78.00Baby Room (0–2 years) | |
| 2 years2y to 3y | £76.002 - year-olds | |
| 3–4 years3y to 4y | £75.003 – 4 - year-olds |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 to £2.00 a session Non-consumables flat rate per sessionper child aged under 2 years
- £2.00 to £4.00 a day Non-consumables flat rate per full dayper child aged under 2 years
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £8.50 a day Baby Room (0–2 years) daily chargefunded day, includes food, consumables and activities
- £12.50 a day 2-year-olds daily chargefunded day, includes food, consumables and activities
- £15.00 a day 3–4-year-olds daily chargefunded day, includes food, consumables and activities
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
We use a stretched funding model, offering funded hours in the below format with a daily charge to cover food, consumables and activities on funded days.
Worth knowing. Daily charge to cover food, consumables and activities on funded days.
What childcare usually costs in Dudley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Dudley 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
B63 2PGWhat 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.
- 19 October 2021 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 26 January 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and eager to enter the setting. Their smiles show how happy and secure they are. Babies settle quickly and demonstrate that they feel completely at home in the cosy environment and are happy to go to staff for play and reassurance. Toddlers and older children show elevated levels of confidence and have good relationships with staff. Children are well behaved. They follow rules and understand why they are important. Staff are positive role models and provide consistent and effective support to guide children's behaviour. Children are very well cared for by a team of caring and committed staff. The key-person system ensures that staff know the children in their care very well. As a result, children develop good attachments with them and feel safe and secure.
Older children are provided with a wide range of opportunities to develop strong physical skills and belief in their own abilities. They show great confidence when using the rope swing and climbing wall. Children engage themselves in imaginary play. For example, they repair and wash their tricycles at the garage in the nursery garden. Indoors, they use the role play area and pretend to be veterinary doctors and nurses caring for farm animals and pets who need treatment. Children demonstrate that they know a lot about hospital procedures and enjoy sharing their knowledge with staff and visitors.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- further develop staff's use of interactions with children to provide children with sufficient time to think and respond n support staff to consistently implement activities that have a clear learning intention, to help all children become and remain highly engaged in their learning.
- 26 January 2022Good
- 18 August 2021Inadequate
- 27 April 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Cradley Play Nursery
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- Is £76.00 a day still the rate? 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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