Tender Years Day Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Solihull for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2023. Open since 1992, with 74 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 Solihull
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Solihull 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
B92 8DDWhat 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, 14 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children excitedly enter the nursery, eager and ready to learn. They receive a warm welcome from nurturing staff, who know them well. Children quickly settle into the routines of the day. Pre-school children delight in experimenting as they mix coloured liquids. They carefully use pipettes to transfer the different colours between beakers. They are learning to make predictions about what new colours they will make. Children are highly engaged and staff ask open-ended questions to help them to think critically. This strengthens their analytical skills.
Children are encouraged to be creative and follow their own interests. Young babies curiously explore different textures as they paint pictures of vegetables. This helps to strengthen their small hand muscles as they manipulate the different brushes. They enjoy the sensory feeling from painting their own hands and smudging it onto the paper. Staff are attentive when babies indicate they are finished and want to move on. Having their needs understood and well met helps them to feel safe and secure.
Staff have high expectations for all children. Children show high levels of respect for adults and their peers. They also learn about empathy and how to care for other creatures. The two nursery rabbits roam freely as the children play in the garden. Children learn how they need to negotiate the space so that it is safe for everyone, including the rabbits.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to be aware of all children needs, so that quieter, less-confident children have the same opportunity to interact and learn at the highest level n focus the planning in the tweenies and toddler rooms to provide activities that excite and engage children, so they can be challenged to the highest level.
- 14 April 2023Good
- 18 November 2022Inadequate
- 20 January 2017Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Tender Years 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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