Little Explorers Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Cradley Heath for babies from 4 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2022. Open since 2013, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours, plus 2-year-old funding.
Worth knowing. Meals, consumables and extra activities may be charged separately. Hot meals and/or additional services, lunch, tea and any enhancements during funded sessions are charged additionally.
What childcare usually costs in Sandwell
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Sandwell 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
B64 5BSWhat 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, 31 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy, safe and thoroughly enjoy the time they spend at the nursery.
They form secure bonds with staff and are relaxed in their care. Babies are content and quickly soothed at times when they do become upset. Staff work closely with parents to ensure that babies' home routines are closely matched at the setting to provide continuity in their care and learning. Staff and leaders have created an exciting learning environment both indoors and outdoors to ensure that all children are well-motivated to play, explore and make new discoveries.
All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the education programme and planning to support older children's physical development, to more precisely challenge them to build on their knowledge and skills n use observations of children's achievements to plan more comprehensively for each child, to help extend their learning even further.
- 31 May 2022Good
- 3 December 2021Inadequate
- 2 June 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Explorers Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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