See-Saws Day Nursery
Good★ 3.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Birmingham for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 March 2023. Open since 1997, with 48 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
B23 6UYWhat 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, 29 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy at the nursery. They are greeted by friendly staff who know all children and their families well. This helps children to settle well and feel safe and secure.
Pre-school children enjoy joining in with the vast amount of activities on offer.
Children choose to explore play dough or paint. Others engage in role play and screw together pretend nuts and bolts. These activities support children's smallmuscle skills and concentration. Younger children spend time playing with different materials, pretend chicks and rabbits. They carefully count out how many rabbits there are. They enjoy learning new words to describe the animals and materials.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build further on older children's understanding of behaviour expectations, to help increase their ability to regulate their own behaviours n build on the already good levels of teaching to ensure that interactions with children enable them to further extend their problem-solving skills to the highest possible level.
- 29 March 2023Good
- 17 July 2017Good
- 1 October 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for See-Saws 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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