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Bentley Childcare Services at King Charles

Ofsted: Expected standard·King Charles Primary School, Wilkes Avenue, Walsall, WS2 0JN · Walsall
Number of places
83 places
Age range
1–5 yrs
Last inspected
May 2026
Local authority
Walsall

About this day nursery

King Charles Primary School, located in Walsall, offers a nurturing educational environment where children are encouraged to achieve, learn, and feel valued. The school prides itself on fostering a love for reading, evidenced by its unique fiction library inspired by local history.

Pupils are expected to demonstrate the 'KC Way' values, emphasizing respect for one another, their surroundings, and school resources. The curriculum is delivered through engaging classrooms that display current, previous, and future learning, continuously updated to support collaborative achievement.

The school also integrates ICT extensively, utilizing technology for numerical development, presentations, coding, and immersive learning experiences. Specialist facilities include a Design Technology room for practical lessons and an American-style diner for music classes.

Quality first teaching with diverse support tools is provided to ensure all pupils, regardless of ability, make progress and succeed. Additionally, King Charles Primary offers a wide array of extra-curricular clubs, including debate, chess, cooking, board games, coding, and choir, and celebrates significant sporting achievements.

The school is committed to creating memorable learning experiences and invites parents and visitors to explore its facilities firsthand.

Our ethos

King Charles Primary School operates with a strong ethos and core values, known as 'The KC Way', which underpin its approach. The school aims to develop positive, happy members of society by promoting diversity, exploring other cultures and religions, and challenging prejudices. It focuses on cultivating critical thinking skills and a strong, positive self-identity among pupils, alongside fostering their spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development, and upholding British values such as democracy.

What it's like

Children are happy and enjoy their time at this welcoming nursery, confidently separating from parents and carers and quickly settling into their chosen activities. They are offered settling-in sessions to help them feel emotionally secure and form firm attachments to their key person. Children enjoy a vast range of activities, from babies exploring textures with paint to older children racing on ride-on toys in the garden, developing a love of books and engaging in imaginative play. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make suitable progress that prepares them for their next stage of learning, developing high levels of independence and cooperative play.

Primary School

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

School reopens for children on Thursday 3rd September

Food

Visitors can bring a packed lunch or order a school lunch via the SCOPAY app.

Registered with Ofsted

2024

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected May 2026

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
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Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
1 to 11
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted report for Bentley Childcare Services at King Charles

Last inspected 21 May 2026

What it's like to attend

Children are happy and enjoy their time at this welcoming nursery, confidently separating from parents and carers and quickly settling into their chosen activities. They are offered settling-in sessions to help them feel emotionally secure and form firm attachments to their key person. Children enjoy a vast range of activities, from babies exploring textures with paint to older children racing on ride-on toys in the garden, developing a love of books and engaging in imaginative play. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make suitable progress that prepares them for their next stage of learning, developing high levels of independence and cooperative play.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are happy and settled at the nursery, developing a broad range of skills as they prepare for school.
  • Children enjoy exploring the outdoor play area and show confidence as they climb and balance on equipment.
  • Staff know their key children well and build warm and trusting relationships.
  • Routines are clear and well established throughout the nursery, helping children understand what is coming next.
  • Children develop age-appropriate self-care skills, with pre-school children using the toilet independently.
  • Staff understand the importance of ensuring that children are closely supervised to keep them safe.
  • Leaders and staff plan a curriculum that covers all areas of learning and adapt it to children's needs.
  • Staff are passionate about supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should build on information-sharing with parents and carers to help them support their children's learning further at home.
  • 2Leaders should support staff to avoid unnecessary interruptions to children's enjoyment during play so that they remain engaged and motivated in their learning.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, achieve well. Staff are passionate about providing all children with the best experiences and outcomes, working effectively alongside other professionals and using additional funding to support children's experiences. Teaching is adapted to suit the needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Outdoor space

Leaders recently identified a need for children's outdoor experiences to be enhanced. They have invested in the outdoor area to ensure that it is a space where all children's learning can be extended effectively. Children enjoy exploring the outdoor play area, showing confidence as they climb and balance on equipment, and playing cooperatively.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

21 May 2026

Expected standard

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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