The Little Wendy House Day Nursery Ltd
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 3.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Wednesbury for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £47.00 a day for 5 – 11 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 2008, with 86 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
52 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 – 11 years5y to 5y | £47.00Holiday club full day school aged children | £17.50Breakfast club school aged children £19.50After school club school aged children £35.00Holiday club half day school aged children | – | – | |
| All ages | £69.00 | £44.00Mornings (7-12, 8-1) or Afternoons (12-5,1-6), 5 hrs | £10.00min of 2 hrs | £300.00Full Time (Mon – Fri) |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £25.00 INDUCTION feeall placements excluding wrap round school club or holiday club, includes water bottle, uniform, draw string bag and
- £50.00 DEPOSITall paid placements excluding funded places only, refundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £9.50 per 15 minutes Late collection or early drop offevery 15 mins or part of
- £9.50 per 15 minutes Late collection after 6pmevery 15 mins or part of
- £25.00 Late Payment fee
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £0.50 a half day half day consumable
- £1.00 a day full day consumable
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Funded places for children from 9 months for working parents, you may be eligible for 15 or 30 hours depending on meeting the funding criteria. All 3 -4 year olds are entitled to 15 hours funding term time only we do also offer the funding stretched throughout the year if a full year place is required.
Worth knowing. Parents accept the agreed hours as there funded entitlement, any additional hours will be paid for by the parent at The Little Wendy Houses current rate. If a parent chose’s to spread there hours over 52 weeks the weekly funded hours will be reduced.
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
WS10 9ELWhat 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, 11 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Plenty of time and consideration goes into building positive relationships with children. For instance, on arrival, key persons warmly greet children with objects of interest. They help those who need support to self-soothe, such as by holding their hands and gently rocking with them until they feel safe and emotionally ready to start their day.
Staff's interactions are highly focused on helping children to manage their feelings and behaviour. For example, they teach children to talk one at a time, and praise them when they demonstrate kindness towards others, such as when helping their peers to find their own resources. Children demonstrate high levels of respect for others.
Staff instinctively follow children's cues. For instance, they notice when non-verbal children need help to access resources and assist them to set up the learning environment. Staff use visual prompts to help children to make personal choices for their self-care needs. For instance, they show children a handwashing picture and ask, 'would you like to wash your hands?'. These first-class experiences ensure that children think for themselves, and actively contribute towards their happiness.
- 11 April 2024Outstanding
- 25 June 2018Good
- 29 September 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Little Wendy House Day Nursery Ltd
- 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.
- Is £47.00 a day still the rate? 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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