Northfield Quaker Pre-School
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Birmingham for children from birth to 5, open 08:30 to 15:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2004, with 30 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
B31 2LDWhat 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, 7 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children develop strong relationships with staff at this nursery. Staff take interest in what children do and get to know them very well. They embed well-established routines and support children to play together to ensure they feel happy and safe in their environment.
Children engage well with the interesting activities that are planned for them. They enjoy participating in forest school, where they learn how to make a fire. Staff teach children how to keep themselves safe around the fire. For example, children learn to walk around the outside of the space and use long sticks to hold marshmallows, which they toast over the fire pit. Staff and the forest school leader ask questions that promote children's thinking skills. They encourage children to think about what will help the fire to burn and how to put it out. They listen to children's suggestions and praise them for their ideas.
Staff understand and implement the curriculum successfully. They have clear intentions for what they want children to learn. They provide children with a wide range of activities which are designed to broaden their experiences. For example, children develop an understanding about how things grow and learn about the different parts of a plant. Staff encourage them to draw on their senses as they observe roots in the soil and smell the growing flowers.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to consistently use positive language to further promote children's self-esteem n provide children with the time they need to fully engage in their chosen activities without interruption, to maximise their learning.
- 7 March 2024Good
- 16 May 2018Good
- 26 November 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Northfield Quaker Pre-School
- 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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