Maebrooke Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Tamworth for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £79.25 a day for 2 to 3 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 2016, with 57 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated April 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 2 yearsbirth to 2y | £88.75 | £50.25HALF DAY SESSION (AM or PM) £60.00HALF DAY PLUS ADDITIONAL HOUR'S CARE AND LUNCH | £420.00FULL TIME WEEKLY | |
| 2 to 3 years2y to 3y | £79.25 | £45.75HALF DAY SESSION (AM or PM) £53.50HALF DAY PLUS ADDITIONAL HOUR'S CARE AND LUNCH | £377.00FULL TIME WEEKLY | |
| 3 and 4 years3y to 4y | £62.50 | £35.75HALF DAY SESSION (AM or PM) £47.25HALF DAY PLUS ADDITIONAL HOUR'S CARE AND LUNCH | £297.00FULL TIME WEEKLY |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £75.00 Registration feenot refundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £20.00 per 15 minutes Late collection charge
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £2.85 to £6.50 a half day Funded session additional voluntary cost for food and
Funded hours
Funded only sessions are also available with a variety of time slots – 8.45-11.45/1.15-4.15 every day, 8-1/12.30-5.30 three times a week, 8-3.30 twice a week.
Worth knowing. Funded session additional voluntary cost for food and resources:- FULL DAY £6.50. HALF DAY SESSION AM £4.25. HALF DAY SESSION PM £2.85.
What childcare usually costs in Staffordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Staffordshire 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
B77 4EWWhat 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.
- 20 December 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 25 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide children with a warm and caring welcome. They build strong bonds with all the children who attend. Children show confidence to try new things and explore their environment with determination. This demonstrates they feel safe and secure. Children develop their understanding of the world around them as they go on bug hunts in the garden. They eagerly participate in the activity and share their excitement with their friends when they successfully find all the insects on their list.
The staff know their key children well. They provide a range of resources to develop children's curiosity for learning and build on their interests. For example, children develop their imagination as they use cardboard boxes and blankets to build their den so they can sit in them with their friends to read stories together.
Personal, social and emotional development is at the heart of the curriculum that staff provide for children. Staff weave this through the activities and experiences they plan for the children. Children show positive attitudes to their learning and become confident communicators. They proudly show visitors the toys they like and share what they enjoy the most about attending nursery.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide consistency with behaviour management for younger children to help them understand the expectations for their behaviour n support less confident staff to enhance their teaching skills to help children develop their problem-solving and thinking skills even further.
- 25 April 2024Good
- 7 June 2018Good
- 7 November 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Maebrooke Day Nursery
- 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.
- Is £79.25 a day still the rate? 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.
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