Little Explorers Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Birmingham for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 4 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2016, with 29 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Early Education Entitlement (EEE) - Sheldon Branch: Available for children aged 9 months – 4 years, depending on eligibility. Hodge Hill Branch: Available for children aged 20 months – 4 years, depending on eligibility. 15 or 30 hours per week (Term-Time Only).
Worth knowing. All-Inclusive Package (For 15 & 30-Hour Funded Children) - £1.50 per funded hour. The all-inclusive package is optional. Parents may choose to opt out if they wish.
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
B34 6BPWhat 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, 16 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy the time they spend at this nursery, playing with friends and staff.
They show that they feel happy and safe as they confidently make decisions in their play. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) make good progress in their learning. The manager and staff provide children with good support to achieve their development milestones and ensure they have the skills they need in readiness for school. Older children, concentrate very well and eagerly take part in activities that help them to develop their hand muscles in readiness for writing. They use smaller pieces of construction equipment and design with a clear purpose. They use their hands and fingertips to create flower paintings.
Children behave well and understand the high expectations that staff have of them.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- use children's assessment information to plan learning experiences that are precisely targeted to what the children need to learn next for their stage of development n enhance the opportunities for children's outdoor learning so that this fully reflects the ambitious curriculum.
- 16 March 2023Good
- 12 April 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Explorers 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.