Kangaroo Pouch Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Walsall 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 March 2023. Open since 2017, with 49 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 Walsall
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Walsall 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
WS3 2SFWhat 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, 3 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy, settled and confident. They clearly have fun and enjoy their time at this welcoming and nurturing nursery. Children enthusiastically engage in the wide range of exciting activities and experiences on offer. Staff provide children with nutritious meals and snacks containing a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables.
They have great fun outdoors as they join in musical games. They listen intently as they follow instructions to jump, crawl, run and stop. Children demonstrate their developing independence. For example, babies feed themselves, two-year-old children learn to put on their own coats and older children serve their own snacks and pour their drinks independently. Children are kind to each other. They play cooperatively and help when they see others struggle. For example, they assist their friends with putting on their coats. Children learn to follow rules and routines and develop good social skills. They develop strong, appropriate bonds with the kind and caring staff.
Children's mathematical skills are promoted well. Throughout the nursery, children learn to count, recognise shapes and numbers and solve simple addition and subtraction calculations. They display 'try again' attitudes during more complex tasks, such as when learning to use scissors. All children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress from their starting points.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen information sharing between staff so that all adults working directly with children have a secure understanding of children's learning needs n support children to only use their dummies at appropriate times during the day.
- 3 March 2023Good
- 12 August 2021Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kangaroo Pouch 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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