St Stephen's Pre-School And Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Birmingham for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 2020, with 83 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
9-month funding, 2-year funding, 3-year funding, 15 hours funded childcare, 30 hours funded childcare.
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
B26 2RRWhat 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, 18 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily at this friendly and welcoming nursery. They engage immediately in the exciting activities planned for them, which reflect their personal interests. As they arrive, children wait excitedly to see if they have grown as staff mark their height on a wall chart. Children develop their mathematical skills and understanding as staff share and model new vocabulary. For example, they introduce words such as 'tall' and 'tallest' as they compare the heights of different children. Young children enjoy filling containers with sand and rice. They are supported by staff to count how many scoops they need to fill their containers.
Children greatly enjoy opportunities to play outside in the fresh air. They develop their imagination as they role play in the outdoor kitchen. They create secret drinks and giggle and laugh as staff taste and describe their 'special tea' as delicious.
Children learn independence skills. For example, they hang up their coats, wash their hands and collect their snacks from the kitchen counter. Staff consistently support children's language development. They sing songs and number rhymes with children as they wait for their friends to be seated at the snack table. As older children line up, they recite and learn the days of the week. Children smile with pride as they respond to questions asked by staff. For example, they correctly name the day that follows Thursday. Children build confidence and self esteem as staff consistently praise their efforts and achievements. Children learn to recognise their names as they find their personalised place mats before sitting down to eat their healthy fruit snacks. These skills help children to prepare well for the next stage of their education at school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop the use of adult interactions to support children to think critically about their learning and solve problems as they play n enhance communication with all parents to ensure that staff share specific information about their children's learning and progress with them.
- 18 October 2024Good
- 22 January 2024Needs improvement
- 11 November 2021Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Stephen's Pre-School And Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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.