Play and Learn Sutton Coldfield
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Sutton Coldfield for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:00 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2021, though that is 5 years ago now. Open since 2013, with 62 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
EEE 15 and 30 hours avilable for 2 & 3 year olds.
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
B74 2PGWhat 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, 19 August 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are warmly welcomed into the setting by familiar staff. Once inside, they settle quickly as they seek out their friends and initiate games to play.
Children love exploring the outdoors. They practise gross motor skills, climbing up the play house and sliding down. Children enjoy using a wide range of bikes and tricycles. They pedal and manoeuvre around obstacles, and use their problemsolving skills when they 'crash' into each other to work out how to untangle their wheels. Children are developing a love of minibeasts and insects and have recently completed a project about them. They find a ladybird in the garden and discuss what the ladybird needs to eat and where they should put her, so she can be safe.
Children recall information they have learned about insects, such as ants, and think these may be too big for the ladybird to eat.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - plan more challenging experiences for those children who are most able to help them to make even greater progress n support staff to help children who are less confident become more engaged in group activities to increase their learning and be able to voice their opinion.
- 19 August 2021Good
- 31 October 2016Good
- 15 August 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Play and Learn Sutton Coldfield
- What it costs
- 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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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