Yellow Penguin
Ofsted report card Jan 2026Takes funded hours★ 3.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Birmingham for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £68.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in January 2026. Open since 2017, with 58 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year, price list dated April 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £68.00 | £38.00morning or afternoon, 4.5 hrs | £8.00additional hours | £320.00per week Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 5.30pm |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £50.00 non-refundable registration feeprivate spaces, not refundable
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £3.00 to £7.00 a session Food & Consumables for Funded Only Sessions
- £4.00 a day food and consumables charge for funded sessions
Discounts
- 10% sibling discount
Funded hours
15 Hours Funding for 3 & 4 Year Olds, 30 Hours Funding for Working Parents, 2 year old Funding.
Worth knowing. These free places are dependent on availability, and can currently be taken between 9am and 12pm or 1pm and 4pm Monday to Friday. Any sessions outside of these hours or outside the 38 weeks of term time sessions are charged at our normal rates. We also charge £4 per day for a food and consumables charge for funded sessions.
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
B16 9AGWhat Ofsted found, area by area
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.
What 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.
- 15 January 2026Report card seven areas graded separately Safeguarding: Met
- 14 July 2021Good
- 9 January 2019Good
- 12 September 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Yellow Penguin
- 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
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 £68.00 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.