Ilm Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.1 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Birmingham for children from birth to 8+, open 09:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2021, though that is 5 years ago now. Open since 2018, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours for eligible 2 year olds; 15 hours for all 3 and 4 year olds (universal); 3o hours for eligible 3 and 4 year olds.
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
B19 2AHWhat 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, 25 June 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff warmly welcome children and their parents and sensitively escort children to their rooms and help them settle. Children have close relationships with staff, feel safe and enjoy their interactions. Children are happy, behave well and easily adapt to changes in the routine. For example, children quickly get ready for their snack and wait their turn as they serve their own fruit and drinks.
All children, including boys, show an interest in early writing activities. They enjoy writing with brushes in salt and mix water and food colouring into flour to make marks as they play. Staff skilfully promote children's language. For example, children confidently talk about their home lives, what they are doing and share their ideas with staff and each other. Children show a keen interest in number, shape and problem solving. For example, children consider the features of twoand three-dimensional shapes and enjoy counting as they play.
Staff share books daily with children and place a strong focus on increasing children's language skills. For example, even the youngest children show sustained levels of interest during stories as they learn new words and concepts. Children enjoy being outdoors and begin to show an interest in the natural world as they notice the insects as they dig.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- continue to build on staff professional development opportunities, in particular for new staff and apprentices, to help sustain and build on the good quality practice that is already achieved n support staff to help children gain a deeper understanding of what is being taught. This relates to providing a richer range of meaningful experiences to help them learn about people, living things and the natural world.
- 25 June 2021Good
- 22 October 2019Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ilm Nursery
- What it costs
- 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
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.
- 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
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