Sammy Snail Day Care
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Birmingham for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 June 2023. Open since 2013, with 24 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
B33 9SBWhat 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, 30 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children feel safe and secure to introduce themselves to the inspector and engage them in their imaginative play. They thrive in social situations. For instance, children enthusiastically search for 'bad guys' as they travel across the garden in a ride-along car. They share their location using an invisible two-way radio that they pretend to talk through.
Children's interests and views positively contribute to how the setting is organised.
Consequently, children behave well. For instance, they politely request the den to be put up outdoors, and they use the space to enjoy a story. Staff have high expectations for children's communication and language development. As a result, they promote a language-rich environment, such as photos displayed around the room and in books to promote children's conversations.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - revise the deployment of staff to provide all children with consistently highquality interactions during opportunities to free flow between the indoor and outdoor environments n support staff to evaluate children's learning experiences to help children to maintain their engagement for longer.
- 30 June 2023Good
- 18 December 2017Good
- 24 March 2014Good
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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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