Rubery Day Nursery
Good★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Birmingham for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 November 2023. Open since 2013, with 66 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
B45 9TTWhat 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, 1 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy at this nursery. They show they are keen to join in with the range of activities on offer. Younger children sit and connect dinosaur trains together. They develop their physical skills as they create a route for the dinosaurs to travel along using a wooden track. Staff help children to recognise colours as they name the colours of the dinosaurs while children push them along. Older children enjoy making music with different instruments. They learn that they need to use different methods to create the sound of each one. They smile as they bang drums to make loud sounds.
The nursery benefits from a large outdoor area. Children have opportunities to grow vegetables and learn where food comes from. They have access to a mud kitchen where they develop their creativity and imagination. There are plenty of opportunities for children to be physically active. They ride around on wheeled vehicles and learn to avoid obstacles in their path. Some children choose to use mud to make marks on fences. They use their finger to make the shape of letters and say the alphabet in sequence. Staff say the next letter in the sequence and encourage children to repeat after them.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide staff with professional development opportunities which improve their knowledge of how to extend children's learning even further n strengthen the key-person role so that staff know children well and can clearly determine what they need to learn next.
- 1 November 2023Good
- 27 January 2023Good
- 4 April 2022Needs improvement
- 17 August 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Rubery 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.
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