Holy Cross Pre School Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Sutton Coldfield for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2023. Open since 2014, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 to 30 hours of funded childcare weekly for 38 weeks a year during term time.
Worth knowing. Funded childcare does not cover costs for Kids' Club, meals, consumables (e.g. wipes, sun cream), additional hours, or Enrichments such as trips, extra curricular activities, fees for these are charged.
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
B76 2SPWhat 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, 7 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff place a high focus on supporting children's emotional well-being and promoting their resilience to change. For example, even the youngest children manage the routines confidently as they help to tidy away in readiness for group time. Staff build close relationship with their assigned key children, and they swiftly identify any additional needs to help close gaps in their learning. Staff caring for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have a deep knowledge of their unique personalities. Providing an inclusive environment is at the heart of staff's practice. For example, all children take part in 'bucket time', which is a targeted session for children with SEND. Children show high levels of engagement and enjoyment during this delightful session.
The rich learning environment, both indoors and outdoors, makes a significant contribution to children's development and learning. For example, children joyfully use the pretend bricks and rocks to build their castles, and others create dragons with the dough. Staff use activities extremely well to build on children's creativity and fantasy play. For example, children are inspired as they use chalk on the ground to draw pictures of a wizard, an octopus, a pirate and boat, and they create their own story. Staff have high expectations for all children and skilfully sequence and revisit activities to help children learn more over time.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on professional development opportunities for new staff and apprentices to help them sustain the good quality already achieved n support staff to consistently use key words in children's home languages, alongside English words, to further support children who speak EAL and those who are bilingual to learn English rapidly.
- 7 November 2023Good
- 20 March 2018Good
- 16 July 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Holy Cross Pre School Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
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