The Rowans Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Sutton Coldfield for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £33.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2004, with 120 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated 1st May 2025.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £33.00Holiday Club £55.00 | £39.00Subject to availability | £8.00Subject to availability | £265.00Full-Time Weekly |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.00 a day Lunch (Optional)There is no charge if you choose to bring a healthy packed lunch for
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours of childcare.
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
B73 5AEWhat 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, 20 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and settle well at this friendly nursery. Staff provide a nurturing and reassuring environment, which enables children to separate easily from their parents. This helps children to feel safe and secure. Children show high levels of curiosity and eagerness to explore the range of activities on offer. Staff plan the activities around children's interests. Younger children sit with staff to listen to familiar stories. Staff use puppets to capture children's attention as they tell the story. Older children make choices from various outfits in the role-play area and use their imagination as they take on the role of a police officer and help their friends. This develops children's awareness of the roles of other people in their community.
Staff promote children's confidence to try things for themselves. Children use scissors safely as they snip paper during an activity. When children encounter difficulties, staff actively encourage them to keep on trying. Staff help children to understand how food can affect their bodies. For example, during lunchtime, they explain that eating their food will give them the energy they need to play. Staff ensure that they give younger children extra care, attention and support. For instance, they check that meals are offered at the appropriate temperature before serving them to children. This ensures that children's safety is well maintained.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide consistency with how activities and routines are organised to help children remain engaged in their learning n support staff to build their confidence in their teaching techniques to allow children more time to think and respond and to help extend their knowledge even further.
- 20 June 2024Good
- 6 January 2023Good
- 6 September 2022Inadequate
- 19 January 2017Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Rowans Day Nursery
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £33.00 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.
- 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.
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