Pennymoor Preschool Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Tamworth for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 December 2024. Open since 1992, 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 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 4LGWhat 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.
- 13 May 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 12 December 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are excited to be at the pre-school. They separate well from parents and settle easily into the daily routine. Staff form good partnerships with parents and close attachments with children. They spend time talking to parents to find out as much as they can about their child when they first start at the pre-school. Staff use this information to plan and provide an interesting curriculum that reflects the learning needs and abilities of the children. They encourage children to register their attendance at the pre-school each day. Children find their own photograph and place it on the registration board. They tell everybody how they are feeling, choosing from pictures of faces that reflect different emotions. Staff ask children why they are feeling a particular way and talk to them about their feelings. Children soon say that they are happy and ready to play and become involved in activities.
For example, younger children thoroughly enjoy making reindeer food using oats and glitter. They develop dexterity using various spoons and scoops to fill small bags with the food. Older children enjoy filling large plastic cups that have faces on to make their own snowman. They use mathematical language and recognise when the cup is half full, full or empty.
Staff recognise and praise children's good behaviour, which builds their confidence and self-esteem. They work with parents to promote consistency between home and pre-school. Children show through their behaviour that they feel happy and secure in the pre-school. They understand the importance of good hygiene routines and independently wash their hands when they need to, such as after messy play and before mealtimes.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider ways to provide more opportunities for children to recognise people and families that are different to their own n support staff to enhance the curriculum for communication and language by considering how they question children to promote critical thinking skills.
- 12 December 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 27 June 2024Inadequate
- 24 October 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Pennymoor Preschool 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.