Sammy Snail Day Care
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Birmingham for children from birth to 8+, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 2013, with 16 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
B34 6QUWhat 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, 22 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff welcome and greet both children and parents at the gate, taking time to share important information. As a result, children arrive happy and settle quickly in the nursery, where they feel safe and secure. The staff are kind and attentive, forming strong bonds with the children and providing reassurance. This nurturing environment greatly supports the emotional well-being of the children.
Children benefit from the nursery's ambitious curriculum, which mainly focuses on supporting children's communication and language and physical development and on promoting children's independence and emotional development. The nursery's curriculum is sequenced well and based on children's interests. For example, many of the children are interested in dinosaurs. Staff skilfully intertwine all areas of learning through this theme, which helps children build on existing learning and gain a wide range of knowledge and skills they will require for their future learning.
Staff role model good behaviour and have high expectations for all children to be kind and respect one another. They encourage and support children to listen, express their views and communicate their ideas, which contributes to how the nursery is set up and run. Staff and children have created simple rules together to help children understand what is expected and how to behave. As a result, children behave well and are eager to learn.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- gather more precise information when children first start at the nursery to clearly establish starting points and use the information to support children's learning from the outset n give children more time to think about and consolidate the information given by staff during activities to enable them to process information and share their thoughts and ideas.
- 22 October 2024Good
- 19 November 2018Good
- 3 February 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sammy Snail Day Care
- 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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