Ilm Day Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Birmingham for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 2016, with 60 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
B21 9LEWhat 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, 29 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide children with a safe and stimulating environment. They focus on helping children to settle quickly and foster relationships with them and their families. This helps children to feel safe in their surroundings. The tailored settlingin arrangements help children to settle quickly in this calm environment. Children are happy and confident. They make choices in their play and welcome the positive interactions from staff.
The curriculum is ambitious for all children, including for those children who speak
English as an additional language and for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff place a clear focus on supporting children's communication and language development. They make good use of stories and props to help develop children's language, understanding and listening skills. Staff focus on helping children to become independent learners. They encourage children to try things for themselves and offer praise and reassurance. Children have lots of opportunities to develop their physical skills. Staff encourage them to make marks in flour, sand and paint. They provide a range of tools for children to practise using. This helps to improve children's dexterity and helps them gain skills for early writing. Outdoors, children practise riding bicycles and delight in painting, using their large muscles as they paint the fence with large rollers.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to provide consistent messages to help all children to fully understand expectations and boundaries n support staff to use what they know about children, including information gained when children first start, to plan more precisely to help all children make maximum progress in their learning.
- 29 April 2024Good
- 11 December 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ilm Day Nursery
- 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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