Opening hours
Mon - Fri, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Alphabets @ Cofton
Ofsted: Requires improvement
(Sept 2025)
Number of places
20 places
Age range
2–5 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2025
Local authority
Birmingham
About this day nursery
Cofton Primary School, situated in a semi-rural setting on the outskirts of Birmingham, strives to offer a nurturing and stimulating environment where children can excel socially, emotionally, and academically. The school places a strong emphasis on fostering a happy and successful learning journey for each child, underpinned by four key values: kindness and respect, striving for one's best, taking responsibility, and pride in the school community.
A close partnership between home and school is considered vital for pupils' progress, with parents and carers encouraged to engage with the school regarding their child's education. The school's extensive grounds facilitate outdoor learning, and it operates as a Forest School, alongside working towards Eco-School status and a silver Rights Respecting School Award.
Cofton Primary welcomes children from various pre-school and nursery settings, ensuring a well-planned induction process to help children feel secure. The school also offers before and after-school care through its Alphabets club, run in collaboration with Longbridge Child Care Strategy, providing care from 7:30 am until school starts and after school until 6:00 pm, including holiday clubs.
Additionally, there is an on-site breakfast club from 7:45 am, staffed by existing Cofton personnel, and after-school clubs run by Cofton staff until 5:15 pm.
Our ethos
We aim to create a school that is 'happy and successful', within which your child can flourish and develop to their full potential - socially, emotionally and academically. We have four simple values at Cofton - in order to be 'happy and successful', we must always: be kind and respectful; do our best; take responsibility; be proud of Cofton. Close links and a strong partnership between home and school are essential, in order to ensure that pupils make the best possible progress, whilst they are here at Cofton.
What it's like
Children are happy and content at this pre-school and receive warm welcomes from staff. Staff take time to get to know children and their families, helping all children to form good bonds with staff. Children play cooperatively and develop their hand-eye coordination through sensory play.
Forest SchoolBefore & After School ClubEco-School InitiativeRights Respecting School
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Term time / All Year
Mixed
Established
2005
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating
Last inspected 4 September 2025 · Katie Taylor
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Actions the provider must take
- keep and maintain accurate records for all safeguarding matters
- ensure learning experiences and/or activities take into consideration children's learning needs and their next steps.
What it's like to attend
Children are happy and content at this pre-school and receive warm welcomes from staff. Staff take time to get to know children and their families, helping all children to form good bonds with staff. Children play cooperatively and develop their hand-eye coordination through sensory play.
Inspector highlights
- Children are happy and content and receive warm welcomes from staff.
- Staff take time to get to know children and their families, supporting good bonds.
- Children play cooperatively and develop hand-eye coordination through sensory play.
- Staff generally meet the needs of children with SEND well, making timely referrals and creating individual plans.
- Staff use the outside area well to help promote children's physical skills.
Areas to develop
- 1improve the organisation of routines, particularly during transitions, to ensure that all children have a clear understanding of what is expected of them
- 2strengthen the methods used to monitor staff practice with an aim to provide staff with the targeted support they require and to improve their teaching practice further.
Inspection #10413733 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
This is because some staff plan activities based solely on children's interests, rather than on children's learning needs and/or next steps. This does not support all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to make good enough progress in their development. Staff generally meet the needs of children with SEND well. They make timely referrals and create individual plans with targets and strategies. This helps to ensure children receive the specialist help they require from other professionals.
Outdoor space
Staff use the outside area well to help promote children's physical skills. Children ride bikes and climb large apparatus in the garden, helping them practise balance and coordination.
Inspection history
Date: July 2010
- September 2025Requires improvement
- February 2020Good
- July 2015Good
- July 2010Good
Frequently asked about Alphabets @ Cofton
About the setting
Alphabets @ Cofton registered in 2005 and is located at Cofton Primary School, Wootton Road, Birmingham. The pre-school employs six members of staff, with four holding level 3 qualifications and one a level 5. They provide funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.
- URN
- EY313625
- Registered person
- Longbridge Childcare Strategy Group
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- Previous rating
- Good
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