Hollywood Pre-School
OutstandingBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Birmingham for children from birth to 8+, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2007, with 24 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
B14 4TGWhat 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.
- 21 November 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 10 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children in this pre-school are happy, supported, and encouraged to flourish. Staff are exceptionally skilled at developing children's passion for communication and language. All children excitedly join in their daily rhyme time session with a song that they chose to sing at graduation. Exposure to a rich and varied amount of vocabulary is built up with trips to the local library, a visit from an author, and highquality interactions with staff.
The manager has designed a bespoke, ambitious and flexible curriculum that takes into account the children's current interests, abilities and developmental stages, which she shares with all staff. Staff provide high-quality teaching in a stimulating and well-thought-out environment. Children show exemplary behaviour at all times, with high levels of respect for staff and their friends. For instance, they help other children to tie up their hair and then sit together in the reading nook and read a story together. Children become engrossed in their learning for substantial periods of time and have high levels of concentration. As a result, all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make outstanding progress from their starting points.
- 10 July 2024Outstanding
- 12 October 2018Outstanding
- 13 July 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hollywood Pre-School
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.