Mucky Pups Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Solihull for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2000, with 29 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours for 3 & 4-year-olds, plus 2-year-old funding.
Worth knowing. Cost of snacks and drinks: 15 hours £3.00 and 30 hours £5.00. Extra hours at the nursery will be at a cost of £8.50 per hour. If parents wish to stretch their funding, the nursery can accomodate over 51 weeks of the year for the 30 hours.
What childcare usually costs in Solihull
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Solihull 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
B92 7QWWhat 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, 5 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff support children to feel secure in this inclusive setting as they welcome them warmly on arrival. Children are gently encouraged to develop an understanding of their peers and supported to play cooperatively. Staff effectively role model respectful behaviour, and enable children to make the right choices. They explain the need to take turns and consistently support children to negotiate successfully.
As a result of this positive approach, children develop a clear understanding of staff expectations of them. For example, children know that they use their kind hands for 'high fives', for sharing and caring.
Leaders ensure that communication and language development are a priority across this setting. Staff model extensive vocabulary and support children to use new language in their play. Staff encourage and praise children when they listen and pay attention. They create joyful opportunities for children to engage in storytelling and book sharing.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to understand effective questioning techniques in order to consistently offer children time to process their thoughts and ideas n review and reflect on how to embed wider mathematical concepts to extend children's learning even further.
- 5 July 2024Good
- 23 October 2018Good
- 10 October 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Mucky Pups 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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