The Old School Day Nursery - Tommies Childcare
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Nuneaton for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2012, with 28 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 Warwickshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Warwickshire 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
CV10 7QSWhat 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, 29 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy in this welcoming and well-organised nursery. They form secure attachments with practitioners, who are attentive to their needs, wishes and thoughts. Practitioners speak respectfully to children. They praise children for their efforts during activities and daily routines, such as making models with play dough and serving their own dinner at mealtimes. This helps children to develop their sense of self and confidence. Practitioners welcome parents and children enthusiastically. They take time to talk to parents and ensure collaborative information-sharing. As a result, practitioners can fully support children's well-being during their day, which helps children to feel safe and secure.
Practitioners design a curriculum that focuses on children's interests and next steps in their learning. Practitioners ensure that parents play an active part in their child's learning by sharing children's interests and recent experiences. This helps practitioners to provide a broad curriculum for children. Babies confidently engage in sensory activities, such as water and sand play. Toddlers enthusiastically explore the kitchen role-play area, which has real fruits and vegetables, where they peel onions proudly. Practitioners use stories to support older children's learning. For example, they encourage older children to describe and try exotic fruits from the book 'Handa's Surprise'. Children demonstrate their previous learning by recalling parts of fairy tales that they have read. For example, they talk about 'Little Red
Riding Hood' and the wolf hiding in grandma's bed, and they work together to build strong houses with foam bricks, inspired by the story of 'The Three Little Pigs'. All children thoroughly enjoy opportunities to play outdoors, where they use scooters to develop their physical skills and build on their imagination in the role-play shop.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support practitioners to be consistent in their behaviour management approaches to help further develop children's understanding of the behaviour expectations in the nursery.
- 29 March 2023Good
- 15 August 2017Good
- 11 February 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Old School Day Nursery - Tommies Childcare
- 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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