Fireflies Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Smethwick for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 16:30, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 2017, with 100 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We also offer places for all 2, 3 and 4-year-old who are eligible for 15 and 30 hours of free funded childcare.
What childcare usually costs in Sandwell
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Sandwell 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
B66 4SEWhat 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, 25 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide a warm welcome at this inviting nursery. Children happily separate from their carers and settle quickly into the routines of the day. They approach staff for cuddles, and staff respond with warmth and kindness. Staff working with babies and the youngest children provide a loving and nurturing environment. Staff gently implement the rules and boundaries of the nursery. For example, they help children to learn to understand about 'kind hands', 'good listening' and 'helping others'. Children help to pour drinks for their friends. They fondly greet each other as they arrive for the day. As a result, children are building important relationships with others and learn how to behave well.
Leaders develop a rich and varied curriculum that builds on what children already know and can do. Staff gather valuable information about children that helps them to understand their likes and interests. They use this knowledge to focus activities and lead the children's learning. As a result, children show a positive attitude to learning and are keen to know more. Staff provide children with a wide range of activities and resources that consistently motivate them to play and learn. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress in their learning from their various starting points.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build further on staff practice so that they leave enough opportunity for children to participate in back-and-forth conversations n support staff to recognise when activities need to be adapted to meet the needs of all the children participating.
- 25 April 2024Good
- 2 July 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Fireflies Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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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