The Annex
Good★ 4.4 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2022. Open since 2005, with 48 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 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
B33 8BHWhat 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.
- 27 June 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 11 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily to the setting and settle quickly into their rooms with familiar staff. The environment is bright, well designed and inviting for children.
They develop close relationships with staff, which helps them to feel safe and secure. Staff are attentive to children's needs.
Children quickly find what interests them. For example, they use a range of natural resources to paint, using one-handed tools and experimenting with colours, cones and marks they make. They talk about their creations and the colours they use with staff. For example, in the sensory garden, they explore the natural environment, bringing apples to add to their play and mashing them in the mud kitchen. They say they are making mashed potatoes for mummy. Children choose which herbs to add from the accessible planting spaces. They encourage staff to smell these with them, both saying, 'mmm'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- increase the opportunities for children to develop independence and complete tasks for themselves, particularly at mealtimes n strengthen the support for staff through the existing arrangements for supervision, to focus the monitoring of staff skills, knowledge and understanding to help increase their confidence in their abilities and enhance their own professional development further.
- 11 October 2022Good
- 26 April 2022Inadequate
- 7 September 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Annex
- 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.