Noahs Ark Day Nursery
Good★ 3.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Birmingham for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 2017, with 50 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 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
B16 0HSWhat 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, 13 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children flourish in this warm and nurturing nursery. As they arrive, they separate from their parents with ease and eagerly enter the playroom ready to start their day. The environment is stimulating, which helps children to promptly get involved in their learning. They choose what they want to play with and settle in very quickly. Key persons are kind, caring and attentive. They are on hand to give comfort and reassurance to children on the few occasions they may need it.
Children are continuously busy throughout their day. They develop their fine-motor skills as learn to hold scissors correctly to cut through card and other materials.
Children's early mathematical skills are enhanced as they identify shapes that they have cut and begin to learn about what a rectangle is. Outdoors, children express interest in a book about animals, and staff help to look for snails they have seen in the garden. They use portable boards and pens to practise their early writing skills as they draw pictures of what they have seen. Staff have high expectations for every child. They encourage children to become independent in managing their own care routines. Children learn how to independently go to the toilet, wash their own hands and pour their own drinking water when they are thirsty. This helps them to gain skills in readiness for the next stage in their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - review the organisation of routines to allow children more time to deeply engage in their play and learning n enhance staff's teaching skills even further to provide challenge for the mostable children in order to continually stretch and extend their learning.
- 13 June 2023Good
- 21 June 2022Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Noahs Ark 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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