Gbnfc At Chinnbrook Centre
Good★ 3.9 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Birmingham for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2022. Open since 2016, with 70 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
B13 0ETWhat 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.
- 4 December 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 29 February 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 3 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily, confidently separate from their parents and are keen to join their friends in their play. Children receive a warm welcome to the nursery from the kind and caring staff. This nurturing approach helps children, including new children, to feel at ease and settle in quickly. Children behave well. They listen carefully and follow instructions well. For example, children line up when it is time to go into the dining room for lunch. They are kind and considerate towards each other and happily share toys and resources.
Children show positive attitudes to their learning. Toddlers enjoy playing in the sand with their friends and show great delight while actively joining in with singing sessions. Pre-school children skilfully ride tricycles around the garden, negotiating a one-way system while pretending to stop at the petrol station to fill up with fuel.
Staff have high expectations of all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff quickly recognise and respond to children who may require extra emotional support. They introduce a varied range of sensory experiences which help to calm and reassure children. All children are making good progress. This helps to prepare them for their future learning, including moving on to school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop ways to extend learning opportunities during some group activities and transition times, to enable all children to become engaged and involved n build on the plans for children's next steps in learning to provide even more challenge to help them make the best possible progress in their development.
- 3 October 2022Good
- 4 April 2022Inadequate
- 11 January 2019Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Gbnfc At Chinnbrook Centre
- 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.
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