Tender Troops Day Nursery and Children Hub
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open a few years
A day nursery in West Bromwich for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:00 to 19:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 2022, with 37 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Both private and government-funded sessions for eligible families.
What childcare usually costs in Sandwell
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Sandwell 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
B70 8SBWhat 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, 10 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
There have been significant improvements in the leadership and management of the nursery. Leaders have reflected deeply on the actions set at the last inspection.
They have a renewed passion for providing the best early years experiences for all children. This passion is shared by a committed and motivated staff team. Overall, this has a positive impact on the quality of care and education children receive.
Children happily enter the nursery and settle quickly in the arms of kind staff. Even very new starters quickly form bonds with staff. They seek cuddles and reassurance as they need it. Children delight in exploring the outdoor area. Interactions between staff and children are warm and meaningful. Staff create a sense of fun and imagination as children pretend to go to the shops. Staff support children to play together in groups. As a result, children are beginning to create lasting relationships with their key persons and peers.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on behaviour management strategies even further so that staff fully explain the impact of any unwanted behaviour on the children's safety or feelings of others n support staff to extend and scaffold children's learning to the highest level.
- 10 September 2024Good
- 7 May 2024Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Tender Troops Day Nursery and Children Hub
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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