Smarty Pants @ Lye Limited
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Lye, Stourbridge for children from birth to 5, open 08:30 to 16:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2017, with 32 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funded places available for 2, 3 and 4 year olds, 15 and 30 hours free childcare per week.
What childcare usually costs in Dudley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Dudley 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
DY9 8HTWhat 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.
- 21 October 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 18 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily at this warm and nurturing nursery. Staff greet them enthusiastically and are keen to hear about what they have been doing at home.
Children are eager to choose from the array of activities on offer in the vibrant learning environment. This helps them to settle in quickly and enjoy their time at nursery.
Staff plan and provide a varied curriculum for children that ignites their passion for learning. Children delight in playing outdoors. They practise their physical skills by carefully climbing steps to manoeuvre themselves up and over obstacles. Children apply their imagination as they act out working in a restaurant. They are keen to speak to new people and offer them pretend food and drinks, showing their sense of security. Children learn about mathematical concepts as staff help them to recognise what 'full' and 'empty' mean when playing with sand and water. They show younger children different sized blocks and clearly explain which are 'big' and
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- explore ways to provide higher levels of challenge for children to extend their learning even further n review the organisation of mealtimes to enhance children's social experiences and independence.
- 18 June 2024Good
- 10 January 2020Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Smarty Pants @ Lye Limited
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.