Small World Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Birmingham for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2009, with 67 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Nursery Education grants for 2, 3 and 4 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
B28 8BGWhat 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, 8 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and eager to learn. Staff provide older children with a range of opportunities to explore mathematical concepts, such as counting blocks as they build towers. Staff suitably challenge children's thinking when their tower falls down as they encourage them to work out how to fix it again. Children sit and listen to their favourite stories. They excitedly repeat familiar words and sentences from the story as they go on a 'bear hunt'. Staff show a soothing and caring approach towards children when they wake from their nap. They offer a reassuring cuddle, which enables children to return to their room ready to learn.
Children independently make choices as they construct their own vehicles out of recycled boxes. Staff respond with warm, positive encouragement when children successfully name their vehicle of choice from the pictures on offer. Children enjoy being active and take part in weekly dance classes. Staff support children's understanding of how exercise keeps them healthy and why it is important to eat healthy food to replenish their energy. This helps children to gain an early understanding of how their body functions. Children learn about being part of the wider community. They recall visiting a local care home to take the residents cakes that they made for them. This helps children to learn about people and communities different to their own.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff's understanding of how to effectively plan activities to ensure that the resources available enhance children's learning and development even further n build on the consistency of how expectations of behaviour are managed to ensure that children fully understand the consequences of their actions.
- 8 February 2023Good
- 16 March 2022Needs improvement
- 17 July 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Small World Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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
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.
- 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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