George Fentham Before & After School Club
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Solihull for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 2001, with 40 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 Solihull
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Solihull 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
B92 0AYWhat 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, 18 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily at the provision. They spend time in the morning on site at the school nursery. School staff supervise children across the playground to the provision, where they are warmly greeted by staff. Children smile and are eager to hang up their coats, wash their hands, and quickly prepare themselves to eat their lunch. Children are very familiar with the routine. Staff are kind and caring. They support children's emotional well-being, and they are attentive to the needs of individual children. This helps children to feel secure and safe in the environment.
Children's care and learning are a priority. Staff go above and beyond to make the provision accessible to the local community. Staff hold high expectations for children to behave well. They teach children simple rules that keep them safe and help them to understand right and wrong. As a result, children begin to selfregulate their own behaviour. They are confident and motivated to learn.
The manager and deputy consider how their curriculum aligns with that of other provision that children attend so as to consolidate children's learning. However, they do not always plan precisely enough to identify the specific skills that individual children need to learn across the range of activities.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- continue to develop the outside play space to support the delivery of the full curriculum outdoors n further consider how the curriculum can focus more precisely on the skills that children need to acquire to make rapid progress.
- 18 October 2023Good
- 8 March 2018Good
- 3 October 2017Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for George Fentham Before & After School Club
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.